Sweet 16 Butterfly Cake
Sweet 16s are such special milestone birthdays. My cousin turned 16 last week and I had the honor of making her birthday cake.
Her favorite cake/frosting combo is vanilla with vanilla. I used cornflower blue and violet food colorings to achieve this gorgeous whimsical color. A rounded cake scraper helped me with this “spackle” frosting effect. For decorations, I used edible pearls, gold and silver dust. The star of the show were these wafer paper butterflies. They were realistic and super easy to work with. I bought them from Amazon.
Cakes are always a labor of love but so rewarding. There’s nothing better than being able to brighten someone’s day with some good dessert. 🙂 Here’s the inside.
I’ll be baking a ton of cookies for the Sweet 16 party this weekend in keeping with the butterfly theme. Stay tuned!
