So I am planning on making a birthday cake for my niece, her 7th birthday party is in two weeks. She has requested pink butterflies on top, purple butterflies on the sides, and "swirlies". I asked her what she meant by swirlies, and she drew a spiral design.
I have a design in mind for the butterflies, with the purple butterflies on the sides fading to pink on top, then more butterflies dangling on wires. But I am not sure how to incorporate the swirls. I was thinking maybe some scrollwork, but will it be too busy?
Here is the design idea I have for the butterflies, I am open to any suggestions on how to modify this to incorporate the swirls.
How about using a scroll stencil and doing it in a really pale royal icing - it would mean the scrolls are incorporated but they don't take away from the effect of the butterflies. You could even do 2 colours using the stencil method
it looks a great design though
Thanks everyone. I'm still not sure what I am going to do. I'm not sure if the kids would like the fondant, but I had thought of using a spiral or scrollwork impression mat with fondant to give the subtle look of the spirals. I think I'll ask my sister if she would prefer fondant or buttercream. If I do it in buttercream, I could do the swirls or scrolls in the same color as the cake...
Thanks for all of the suggestions!
Well, here thanks everyone. Here is the finished cake. I was short on time due to a bad storm causing our power to be our for a few days, so I ended up just piping the swirls on. Luckily I had already made the butterflies for them to dry, so all I had to do was bake the cake and ice it. What do you think?
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