How To Make Butterfly Cake Decorations

Last Updated on 30th May 2023 by Vicki

Hi everyone, in today’s tutorial I thought I would show you how to make pretty butterfly cake decorations. These look great on both cake and cupcakes. I like that you can make a realistic butterfly or create your own fantasy ones. You can also tailor them to go with the colour scheme of your cake.

What I Used To Make My Butterfly Cake Decorations

I used Renshaw Flower and Modelling Paste to make my butterflies. This is my go to paste when I need to make something that is quite thin. This is because as its flower paste too, it sets much harder and less likely to break. I also used a black modelling paste for the the centre of the butterfly. I decorated my butterflies with edible paints and dusts. As usual, there’s a list at the bottom of this post of all the items used in this tutorial.

To create the butterfly shape I used a butterfly plunger cutter. You can get these in various sizes. For the purpose of this tutorial, I used the largest one so you can see what I am doing easier.

How To Make Butterfly Cake Decorations Video Tutorial

So that’s how I make my butterfly cake toppers! I really hope that you found the tutorial useful. When attaching them to a cake, I like to use royal icing. This ensures they will stick to the cake and not get your butterfly too wet. You want to keep your butterfly dry to prevent it from breaking.

Items used To Make My Butterfly Cake Decorations

Edibles

• Renshaw Flower and Modelling : https://tidd.ly/3Xu6edv
• Black The Modelling Paste : https://tidd.ly/3mGpyH3
• Sugarflair Purple Food Colouring Paste : https://tidd.ly/41nk3Mo (Used to colour the paste for my purple butterfly)
• PME Hot Pink Food Colouring Paste : https://tidd.ly/41iVOPJ (Used to colour the paste for my pink butterfly)
• Sugarflair Turquoise Food Colouring Paste : https://tidd.ly/42fgIyD (Used to colour the paste for my turquoise butterfly)
• Sugarflair Grape Violet Edible Dust : https://tidd.ly/3BYJgBM
• Fractal White Paint Pen : https://tidd.ly/3OGsw9W
• Sugarflair Navy Edible Dust : https://tidd.ly/3IOikZk
• Sweet Stick Paint Palette : https://tidd.ly/3N5jt1e

Tools

• PME Butterfly Plunger Cutter : https://tidd.ly/45yuuPz
• Clear alcohol (or an edible glue if you prefer)
• Clean brush to apply glue : https://tidd.ly/43weDPJ
• Dusting Brush : https://tidd.ly/3M0nHVX
• Home made former to shape the butterflies. (see video)
• Kitchen Towel

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