how to cut and assemble a butterfly cake

Name: How to Cut and Assemble a Butterfly Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 or more - round, single layer cakes of your choice of size and flavor; 1 - knife

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Linda Kauppinen

Greenwood, FL

Updated on Mar 22, 2014

What a great Easter cake or fun cake for anytime! So easy to make, and I thought that I would pass along the directions on how to create such a beauty!

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prep time 10 Min

cook time

method No-Cook or Other

yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 or more - round, single layer cakes of your choice of size and flavor
1 - knife

How To Make how to cut and assemble a butterfly cake

Step 1

1. Cut cake in half. Then cut each half in 1/3 and 2/3 pieces.

Step 2

2. On a tray, arrange the cake pieces with the curved sides together to form the butterfly.
Step 3

3. Separate the cake pieces to form the wings.
Step 4

Now you can decorate your butterfly. I found that using stick candy or tube licorice is great for the body mid section.
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