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Butterfly Cake

Celebrate spring, summer, a birthday or any day with a butterfly-shaped cake. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your butterfly.
Prep Time: 40 min
Total Time: 1 hour 45 min
Makes: 12 servings
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How-To Make Butterfly Cake

Celebrate spring, summer, a birthday or any day with a butterfly-shaped cake. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your butterfly.
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Cake
1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Platter, tray or foil-covered cardboard (about 10x10 inches)
Frosting and Decorations
1container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
1candy stick (8 to 10 inches long)
Food color (in desired colors)
Betty Crocker® decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube) in any color
Decorating sugar crystals (any color)
8jelly beans
Small round candy decorations
1.Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and cool cake as directed on box for 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans. Wrap and freeze 1 layer for a later use.
2.Cut cake in half crosswise; cut each half into 1/3 and 2/3 pieces (as shown in diagram). Place cake pieces on platter to form butterfly. Gently separate cake pieces to form wings.
3.Reserve 1/2 cup frosting. Frost cake pieces with remaining frosting. Place candy stick between cake pieces for butterfly body.
4.Stir food color into reserved frosting until well blended. Spread over cake in desired pattern on wings. Outline wing patterns with gel. Sprinkle with sugar crystals. Place jelly beans on corners of wings. Decorate butterfly with candy decorations.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on cake mix box for 8-inch or 9-inch round cake pans.
Butterfly Cake
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Planned-Overs
Turn the leftover cake layer into a trifle! Cut leftover cake into 1-inch cubes, and layer them with chocolate pudding and fresh strawberries in a large glass bowl. Top with whipped cream.
How-To Video
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How-To Template
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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving Frosted Cake (Undecorated): Calories 420 (Calories from Fat 170); Total Fat 19g (Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 4g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 390mg; Total Carbohydrate 59g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 42g); Protein 3Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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