Butterfly Birthday Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

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Butterfly Birthday Cake

Serves 12
1.5 hours
Difficulty Medium
9 Ingredients

Effective and easy birthday cake.

Ingredients (serves 12)

125 grams butter, soft
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
2 cups self raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup milk
250 grams cream
2-4 tablespoons strawberry jam
icing sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease a round baking tin (around 8 inches).
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add one egg and mix well, then add the vanilla and the second egg.
Using a wooden spoon, fold in parts of the flour and then parts of the milk until all added (so add flour, mix, then add some milk, mix etc).
Pour into the baking tin and bake for around 45 minutes. Let cool completely.
Using a sharp knife cut a dome out of the centre of the cake and remove. Cut the dome in half (this will be the butterfly wings).
Fill the centre of the cake with jam. Whip the cream and then add into the centre of the cake.
Place the wings on top and dust with icing sugar.

Notes

You could further decorate this cake using icing and lollies depending on the age of the person.

85 Comments
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- - kjgarner said
  - 24 Jun 2018
    9:37 pm
Strawberry jam yummy, these are so nice with cream

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- - nealsq said
  - 16 Oct 2017
    5:11 pm
Oh I haven’t seen thee for years, they are so cool!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Jul 2017
    6:54 am
Beautiful butterfly cake -so creamy and delicious.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 22 Jan 2017
    12:44 pm
I only saw cupcakes made like this, my niece would adore it!

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- - Kell said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    6:41 pm
I love the Butterfly cake thanks
- kjgarner replied
  
  11 Jun 2018 , 9:34 pm
  Definitely a delicious one butterfly cakes.
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- - Threelos said
  - 29 Nov 2014
    3:27 pm
Glad I found this – I was remembering recently that we used to make these back when I was a kid!
- mom93821 replied
  
  21 Jul 2017 , 6:09 am
  A cake that as always quickly devoured too.
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- - cloverstorm said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    10:47 pm
Wow! This is what I want for my next birthday.

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- - shortaez said
  - 19 Oct 2014
    2:05 pm
Butterfly cake looks yummy . Thanks
- mom94125 replied
  
  16 Oct 2015 , 3:13 pm
  yes kids love them and it is a fun novelty alright lol
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- - mom94125 said
  - 18 Oct 2014
    6:22 pm
this is a really good idea!
- kjgarner replied
  
  14 Jun 2018 , 12:29 pm
  Should add a icing sugar butterfly to top it off
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- - caramello said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    11:46 pm
looks amazing, thanks for sharing

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- - mom57522 said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    12:56 pm
Butterfly cakes aren’t just for cupcakes!

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- - Happymum-2 said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    5:21 pm
I haven’t had one of these in years

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- - ginoula5 said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    1:44 pm
great idea for a cake, good to serve smaller ones around it too 🙂

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- - scottie said
  - 31 Jul 2014
    3:45 pm
we had one like this for my grand daughters birthday and it was delicious – decorated with pink sugar and sprinkles and on the wings 🙂

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- - gem1991 said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    12:43 pm
Looks delicious:)

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- - fionaellis said
  - 03 Jul 2014
    4:11 pm
Looks awesome thanks for sharing.

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- - jadedbutjoyful said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    2:03 pm
Just like a big butterfly cupcake..fantastic

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- - no1ladydj said
  - 10 Jun 2014
    1:36 am
This cake looks amazing. It would test the willpower of a saint to only have one piece of the cake. I’d love to try it with blackberry jam, mmmm yummo.

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- - dearest mom said
  - 08 Jun 2014
    5:55 pm
This looks so delicious and would love to make this.

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- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 04 Jun 2014
    2:00 am
My Aunty used to make smaller versions of them and another Mum has posted a recipe of them on here, lovely to have the recipe for the larger cake.

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