Edible Butteflies...where Do I Get Them??
Decorating By alicia_froedge Updated 23 Apr 2007 , 4:49pm by springlakecake
Does anyone order their edible butterflies?? And if so where from?? I looked at sugarcraft.com but they no longer print them. They just send you the email with one attached and you have to print it yourself, but I don't have a printer to use. I saw the ones that are chocolate but I don't have much faith in myself that I can do that. Any ideas????
I have never ordered them, but I have made them using wafer paper. You just trace a butterfly design onto the paper using an edible marker and then color in the way you want. After the ink dries, you brush them on one wide with piping gel. When that dries, turn them over and brush piping gel on the other side. Repeat this process one or two times, and then let dry thoroughly. (you can dry in a flower former to get a nice curve, or fold gently and prop the wings to get a nice shape) Cut out the butterflies. You can pipe the bodies with RI or chocolate.
There is a tutorial here on CC, which I followed. It even had templates.
HTH
RedPanda
That's what I did too, the tutorial on here is fabulously easy to follow. Try it
http://www.cakecentral.com/article16-How-To-Make-Realistic-Edible-Butterflies.htm
You can also make them out of gumpaste. Scott Clark Wolley (http://cakesbydesign.cc/cakes_by_design.html) does them all the time. I learned from him for a wedding I did in 03.
Then my next question....where do I get waffer paper?? Is that something I order or can just go to the local store and get??
I made mine from chocolate and it was super easy (if you are at all familiar with chocolate transfers). They may not be quite as realistic as some of the other methods, but still really pretty!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=merissa&cat=0&pos=4
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=merissa&cat=0&pos=0
http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=143131&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
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