But you can also add a small amount of jam – try piping some seedless raspberry or strawberry jam between the wings (make sure your jam is not too runny or it might just slide off). Plain flour and baking powder:this recipe lists both plain flour and baking powder as ingredients. Self-raising flour can be used instead. In this instance, omit the baking powder. Step-by-step instructions Make the cakes As with all ingredients when baking any sponge cakes, ensure it is at room temperature before starting. In the step-by-step recipe below you will find out how to make a blue cake with both natural food dyes or artificial food coloring. One interesting idea would be to bake a square cake and cut it off in the shape of a butterfly. You can use different colors on the top of the cake and it will represent the colorful wings of the butterfly.

These cakes are very popular at children’s birthday parties. Rather like the fairy cake, they are a classic bake that has stood the test of time because most people find a simple butterfly cake hard to resist. Why you’ll love these small cakes

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Add another ½ teaspoon blue pea powder to the remaining mixture in the blender and blend to combine. Transfer this mixture into the pan, pouring it mostly to the left. Now use a skewer or a small spoon to lightly swirl the mixtures together. I used a circular motion and went mostly around the edges of the pan to create the sea wave effect. Feel free to improvise -- just don't over-mix or the different layers will merge into one color. So I tried steeping the butterfly pea flower in water to extract some of the colour before adding it to the buttercream... it worked, but I would've had much more success with Suncore's Blue Butterfly Pea Supercolor Powder.

Make sure you usesmall paper cases to make your butterfly buns in rather than cases designed for cupcakes. Cupcake cases are much bigger so you’ll get far fewer cakes if you use those (around 6). Leave the elderflower cordial out of the recipe. Replace with 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and an extra tablespoon of almond milk. Use only butter for the buttercream (the clue is in the name). Frosting made with butter is so much tastier than that made with margarine. This cake is based on my Snow White Swiss Roll Cake, which is a light and fluffy chiffon style cake.Place the softened butter in a large bowl then beat with an electric hand-whisk until pale and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar and continue to beat until fully combined. This is a wonderful celebration dessert that you can make at home without much challenges. And with natural food dyes such as butterfly pea or spirulina even kids can eat it. Once the cakes are ready consider adding a final flourish of decoration using sweets or sprinkles. Mini Smarties or Jelly Tots work a treat for kids (though the latter worked even better before Rowntrees suddenly make this sweet larger – where was the logic?) Either way, you can also play around with the recipe volume on your own to create a desired height by increasing the ingredients in proportion to your pan size. I never worry if I make a little extra filling, etc. since you can always freeze it in small silicone cupcake moulds on the side and have a bit extra dessert that way.

Add all filling ingredients, BUT ONLY ¼ teaspoon blue butterfly tea powder, to a power blender and blend into a smooth creamy consistency. Remove a third of this mixture and pour it into the springform pan over the crust, trying to keep it mostly to one side (let's say keep it to the right).If you don't have two cake pans, you can bake the batter in one. Consider increasing the baking time with 10-15 minutes in this case. Once the cakes are baked, proceed to cut and decorate them as instructed previously, ensuring all additional decorations are suited to a vegan diet. The cake batter is very easy to prepare: you just have to combine separately the wet and the dry ingredients and whisk them together. Even a newbie won't be challenged. About the frosting Below is the full video tutorial. I really hope you will enjoy it and find it useful if you are looking to make your own butterflies. Tools I used