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Butterfly Birthday Cake
Butterfly Birthday Cake
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Butterfly Birthday Cake

5
30 mins
2 hours 30 mins
Moderate
10

All fairies and princesses will love this birthday butterfly cake, no need for special shaped tins, this is made using a large, round cake tin. Decorate to your hearts desire!

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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

Cake

  • 600g white chocolate
  • 400g butter
  • 500ml milk
  • 330g Chelsea Caster Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla essence
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 300g plain flour

Butterfly Buttercream Icing

  • 240g butter, softened
  • 750g Chelsea Icing Sugar
  • 60-75ml milk
  • 3 tsp vanilla essence (or to your taste)
  • Sweets to decorate (licorice straps, Maltesers, Smarties, M&Ms etc)

Chelsea Products in Recipe

Caster Sugar

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Icing Sugar

Icing Sugar

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Method

Place chocolate, butter, milk and Chelsea Caster Sugar in saucepan over a low heat, stir occasionally. Once chocolate and butter has melted remove from heat, stir until fully combined. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a round 25 cm tin, (approx 7cm deep) and line the base and sides with baking paper.
Once chocolate mixture has fully cooled stir in vanilla and eggs.
In a large bowl combine flours together. Stir in a cup of chocolate mixture until it forms a smooth paste. Add another cup of the chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly. Stir in the remaining chocolate until smooth.
Pour into prepared tin and bake for approx. 2 ½ hours until cooked through (when an inserted skewer pulls out clean). Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Once cake has fully cooled, cut into shapes by cutting in half, then cutting a notch out of each half, then rotate the halves (see pictures). Assemble on a cake board or tray and ice with buttercream icing. Decorate with sweets of your choice.
Icing: Beat together butter and Chelsea Icing Sugar. Add 60ml milk and the vanilla, beat for five minutes. Add extra milk if icing is too stiff to spread easily. Optional: Add food colouring if desired (add a drop at a time and mix thoroughly before adding more).
Tip: for easy pink icing use 2 packets of Chelsea Berry Flavoured Icing Sugar. You'll not only get the perfect pale pink but a subtle berry flavour as well!
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