How to Make Butterflies for Cake Decorating

Adding edible decorations to the top of a cake can create or accentuate the theme or mood to any event. Whether it is for cupcakes, cake pops, or a full sheet cake 3-dimensional chocolate or candy butterflies can create a beautiful, finished look without training, special equipment, or time.

Ingredients

Melting chocolates
Chocolate chips or melting candy wafers

Steps

1
Create a wing template for your butterflies on a sheet of paper.
2
Cut squares out of the wax paper or parchment paper for each of the butterflies.
- Make sure that you will have plenty of room to handle the wax paper or parchment for after you pipe your butterfly onto the wax paper or parchment.
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3
Fold the wax paper or parchment in half and trace your template pattern to the back side, using the fold as the body of the butterfly.
4
Cut an empty towel roll down one side
5
Fold a piece of thin cardboard or card stock in half so it opens up to 90 or more degrees and place it inside the split towel roll so the folded cardboard or card stock sits within the split towel roll.
6
Melt the chocolate or melting candy wafers in a bowl.
7
Fill your piping bag with the chocolate or melted candy wafers.
- If you do not have a piping bag, cut a tiny hole in the corner of a plastic bag.
8
Pipe the melted chocolate or candy on the wax paper or parchment using your template as a guide.
9
Pipe a thicker line of chocolate or candy down the inside fold to connect the two wings and form the body and antennae of the butterfly.
10
Allow the butterflies sit for a few minutes until the melted material starts to set up but is not yet hard.
11
Lay the butterfly on the cardboard or card stock so that the body of the butterfly follows the line of the fold.
12
Place everything in the refrigerator or freezer and allow this to cool for an hour or until hard.
13
Carefully remove the chocolate or candy from the wax paper or parchment paper and place your butterfly on your cake.

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Warnings

Be careful not to spill the melted chocolate or candy wafers as this may stain clothing or cause burns.

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Do not overheat the chocolate or candy wafers or the ingredients will separate, creating an unpleasant taste or unusable product.

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