Purple Butterfly Wedding Cake

Pattern Info

This project was designed by Louise Dent.
Info can be found at:
Purple Butterfly Wedding Cake

Instructions

Sponge:
Lemon sponges filled with lemon curd and covered with a layer of white chocolate plastique and then a layer of white fondant.

Decoration:
Butterfly pictures of choice traced onto fondant with a lead free pencil and them painted with edible dust colour mixed with melted cocoa butter buttons and hand painted on with a fine brush.

Finished with various edible ...
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Difficulty:

Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Other

Style: Formal / Bridal, Romantic

Materials

Lemon sponge Lemon curd White Chocolate Plastique White Fondant Icing African Purple Dust Colour Deep Purple Dust Colour Antique Silver Dust Colour Cocoa Butter Buttons Purple Ribbon

What was your inspiration?

A photo of a blue tiered cake in a Mitch Turner cake book.

What are you most proud of?

The hand painted butterfly's, very time consuming but worth it!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Allow plenty of time for the painting and less is more!