HOMEMADE BUTTERFLY CAKE

Homemade Butterfly Cake image

Impress guests by making an adorable and delicious cake. It is actually easy to put together.-Bonnie Jost, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 1h25m

Yield 8-10 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 18

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream
FROSTING:
3/4 cup butter, softened
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Yellow gel or paste food coloring
Colored sugars
Gumdrops
Orange peel

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, orange zest and extract; beat until combined. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Spoon into two greased 9-in. heart-shaped baking pans; spread evenly in pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Cut 1-1/2 in. off the pointed ends of each heart cake; set aside. Place the large pieces on a 17x15-in. covered board, placing cut sides of hearts together, forming wings. Trim the reserved pointed end pieces to form the top and bottom of the butterfly's body., In a small bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Remove 1/2 cup frosting and tint yellow; set aside. Frost cake sides and top with white frosting. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert #6 round tip. Fill bag with remaining white frosting; set aside., Frost a portion of each wing with yellow frosting. Decorate butterfly's body and wings with colored sugars. Pipe white frosting to separate colored sections on wings and to outline the body. Decorate the wings with gumdrops., Using a citrus stripper, cut two 12-in.-long pieces of orange peel. Wrap around the handle of a wooden spoon. Remove from spoon and place above the body for antennae.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 775 calories, Fat 40g fat (25g saturated fat), Cholesterol 174mg cholesterol, Sodium 472mg sodium, Carbohydrate 99g carbohydrate (76g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 6g protein.