In our article, we want to talk about the wonderful Butterfly dessert. A cake with such an unusual name is perfect for any occasion, from a wedding to children's parties. In winter, it will amaze everyone with its brightness and unusualness, in the summer it will generally become the most relevant option.
Cake Decorations
Butterfly - a cake that will help to unleash your imagination. The first time you make such a treat, you can follow the recipe, but in the future, be sure to try experimenting with the decoration of the dessert. In the summer, a butterfly-shaped cake can be decorated with a variety of fruits, as they say, according to the season.
In winter, citrus fruits, kiwi, bananas, and canned foods will help get out of the situation. So there will be no problems. “Butterfly” is a cake that can be decorated in fundamentally different ways. It seems to us that the dessert in the form of a moth will be most interesting. But at the same time, any cake can be
decorated with butterflies made of fruits or chocolate. Here there is where to go for a fantasy. According to the reviews of the hostesses who tested the wonderful cake in practice, it can be argued that it always causes a storm of positive emotions among guests. And cooking is quite simple.
Ingredients for Butterfly Cake
To decorate the top layer, you need such products:
- Three squirrels.
- Gelatin - 2.5-3 tsp.
- Grape berries.
- Two plums.
- Apricots (fresh or canned).
- Pear.
- A few tangerines.
- Lemon (we need juice).
Ingredients for the base:
- Four eggs.
- One and a half glasses of milk.
- Oil (vegetable only) - ½ cup.
- Two glasses of powdered (sugar).
- Vanilla.
- Flour - 2.5 cups.
- Half a teaspoon of salt.
- Baking powder - one package.
Step-by-step recipe "Butterflies"
Cake "Butterfly" with your own hands is prepared quite simply. Therefore, you do not need to be an experienced chef to cook it.
For the base, mix the vegetable oil and milk in a saucepan, bring the mixture to a boil. Next, remove it from the fire and let it cool slightly. Beat eggs with vanilla sugar. It will take some diligence, because whisking, you need to gradually, in small portions, add powdered sugar until the whole mixture acquires a light yellow tint.
Next, you need to sift the flour with salt. Then half the flour and half the milk and butter should be introduced into the egg mass. All this is carefully mixed so that there is not a single lump. The mass should be soft and foamy.
For baking we need a deep pan. We will cover it with parchment dipped in water. Pour the biscuit dough on top and send it to bake in the oven at one hundred and eighty degrees. It takes about half an hour. Ready cake must be cooled, and then transferred to the board.
The biscuit needs to be cut so that a square and a narrow strip are obtained. From a thin piece we will form the body of our butterfly. A square must be cut diagonally, resulting in two completely identical triangles. From them in the area of the right corner will have to be cut off along the triangle. This will be the junction of the wings with the body. Opposite edges of the wings need to be slightly trimmed, giving them a curly shape. Next, we form a cake from the prepared parts. In fact, the “Butterfly” (cake) is ready. Only the most interesting and tasty part remained - the dessert decoration.
Cake decoration
Proteins need to be whipped in a very dense foam, then gradually, in small portions, inject sugar. Soak gelatin first with water (about half a glass of liquid) for twenty minutes. As soon as it swells, it is necessary to heat it and at the same time do not forget to stir, not allowing it to boil. In a separate dish, you need to set aside a couple of spoons of gelatin. And carefully add the remaining mass to the proteins and mix. Lubricate our cake with the resulting cream and send it to the refrigerator for an hour.
Meanwhile, you can do some fruit. They should be cut into thin slices. Pears are always sprayed with lemon juice. Next, fruit slicing is laid out on the cake itself in the form of a butterfly wings pattern . Eyes can be made from grapes, and thin strips of zest will become antennae. Then, with a brush, grease the entire surface of the cake with gelatin and send it to freeze in the refrigerator. So our “Butterfly” is ready. The cake is very colorful and vibrant. It is perfect for those who do not like sugary sweets.
Chocolate butterflies on a cake
Any cake you have prepared at home can be decorated with voluminous openwork chocolate butterflies. In addition, such a decoration will be the highlight of any dessert, giving it an elegant and sophisticated look. Let's figure out how to make such butterflies yourself. According to novice culinary specialists, the preparation of such jewelry is not particularly difficult. But what effect does the finished masterpiece produce!
We will need a picture of absolutely any beautiful moth printed on paper. The sheet must be placed in a file, after which you can start cooking the chocolate itself.
In the store you need to buy chocolate in advance, then chop it finely, put it in cellophane and send it in the microwave. There it melts quickly enough. Next, with a liquid mass, we will draw a butterfly. To do this, carefully move the chocolate into the corner of the bag, cut off the tip and start drawing on the file. It is desirable to draw the smallest details, then the drawing will turn out light and delicate. Note that only the contours and pattern of the wings should be outlined. Once the picture is ready, leave it to dry at room temperature, and then put it in the refrigerator. Cooled wings are very easy to remove from the file. Ready chocolate drawings are placed on parchment.
Again we melt the chocolate in the oven. Next, take a small piece of parchment, bend it and draw the trunk of our butterfly on the bend itself. Then we put the sheet in the opened book, quickly applying wings, until the chocolate has frozen. Details should stick together. To do this, put the book so that the desired degree is obtained, let the butterfly freeze.
We remove the finished moth from the parchment and place it in the refrigerator. Decorating a cake with butterflies gives the opportunity to unfold your imagination. You can place them on the top and on the side. Such a wonderful decoration is suitable for any dessert. From one hundred grams of chocolate, ten to twelve butterflies are obtained. Finished chocolate products can be stored in the refrigerator until they are needed again, unless, of course, the children find them earlier. I really like the kids crisp sweetness.
Instead of an afterword
Butterfly cake is quite simple in execution and at the same time it amazes everyone with its beauty and originality. Try to make such a dessert - and you will certainly receive a lot of compliments. Numerous positive reviews of such a dessert are an incentive for new experiments.