I made this cake for cutie Lauren who's request was to have some butterflies and for it to be chocolate. Got to love a girl who knows what she wants at 4! :) I got the idea for from the blog Layers of Love. Lauren was a happy birthday girl.
This was also my first go at making fondant from scratch. The recipe is from allrecipes.com. It was very easy but messy. Fortunately I had the foresight to make it a day in advance since you need to refrigerate it overnight. I added the dye while it was mixing. You definitely need a heavy duty mixer to handle it though. I ended up with almost 2.5lb of fondant that cost me less than $4.00 to make. I will definitely make my own as much as possible since it cost $15.99 for a 4lb tub from Bulk Barn, and that's a good deal.
This was also my first go at making fondant from scratch. The recipe is from allrecipes.com. It was very easy but messy. Fortunately I had the foresight to make it a day in advance since you need to refrigerate it overnight. I added the dye while it was mixing. You definitely need a heavy duty mixer to handle it though. I ended up with almost 2.5lb of fondant that cost me less than $4.00 to make. I will definitely make my own as much as possible since it cost $15.99 for a 4lb tub from Bulk Barn, and that's a good deal.
Cake: Perfect Chocolate Cake
Filling: Buttercream Icing
Decorations: Butterflies were made with heart cutter from Pampered Chef that I cut off the end on an angle. The polka dots were made using tip 12 and 6. The flowers I used the cutters from Flour Confections. Love the plunger cutters. A great invention. The stems I drew on with edible ink markers. The trim and bow were made using the Wilton Ribbon cutter and embossing set.
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