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Baby Shower Butterfly Cake

By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com

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Baking the Cakes

The heart shaped pan will become the wings of your butterfly, the rounded muffin tins will be the body. Be sure to grease the pans very well. I choose to use the spray that is the grease/flour combined. If you want you can have the entire cake be one flavor or you can make different flavors. For the cake you will see, it has a body of strawberry, and wings of chocolate and white cake.

Prepare all cakes according to the mix. Since you only have one heart tin you will need to prepare the wings separately. All cakes must be very cool prior to starting. Some choose to bake the cake the night before to allow for maximum cooling. One trick is to use different cake flavors to offer variety to your guests. This is great for picky kids at birthday parties too.

While you are baking or waiting for the cakes to cool, take a large piece of card board, we used the middle section of a school project board, and cover it in foil. This will be your cake board.

Photo © Robin Elise Weiss

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