Our daughter just turned 12 and one of the things she asked for was to have family for lunch. How lucky are we? Oh and cake of course. 🙂
As her favourite colour is purple I knew I had to use that colour. A month or so ago I found some purple sugar and white sugar pearls. I wanted to do a kid cake that was elegant given her age. That was as far as I got until the morning of the day everyone was coming. Talk about a decorating block! I just couldn’t think of anything. Fortunately on the walk with the dogs I got an idea. And it had to be done quickly as I had an hour to do this. Yikes!
Not only does she like purple, she likes butterflies so I decided to go with that. I whipped up some buttercream icing like I did for these cupcakes. Before I added the purple I scooped some white into a decorating bag.
I put a ring of frosting to hold in the filling around the first layer of the cake. My blueberry jam was requested but turns out we had nothing left! Time to make more. So I used my apple jam. Which my son loved so I’ll have to do that for his cake. 🙂
Carefully place the top layer on and brush any loose crumbs off.
Ice the whole cake smoothing as best you can. Isn’t this a great purple?
Next I used the white frosting to outline the flowers and butterfly. Finally I got the consistency right and it flowed like it should. In the past I was squeezing with all my might. Too much work. I used the white pearls for the centers and the purple sugar for the petals and wings. I really need to problem solve getting the sugar where I want it to go. There was a bit of colouring outside the lines with this bit.
To finish it off I added some icing dots on the sides.
She really enjoyed so I was pleased. 🙂
Wow! that’s one heck of a cake:) It’s beautiful!! I love the butterfly:) She’s going to LOVE IT! Happy Birthday to your daughter….
She thought it was great. Starting to plan my son’s now as his will be more involved. He likes to challenge me! LOL
I can’t wait for those pics…I just love everything about your daughters cake! It came out beautifully!!!!!!
Thank you. 🙂 His birthday is in June so I have time to plan!
can’t wait! Have a Great weekend:) and as always thanks for sharing….
What an amazingly beautiful cake! Happy 12th birthday little one 🙂
Thanks, I’ll let her know.
Happy Birthday to your daughter. That’s certainly a cake and a half. She must have be thrilled.
She liked it. 🙂 They appreciate the effort for stuff like this which is really nice.
Seriously mad cake – well done:)
Thanks. 🙂
So fun!! A few years ago, my twin sister put together a cookbook of all the recipes from our childhood years; we celebrated our birthday last week, and I made our whole birthday dinner from that cookbook! It’s amazing how memories if food stay with us– I’m sure your daughter will never forget this cake!
What a wonderful idea! Very special.
What a sweet cake…love the flowers and butterfly as I’m sure she did as well.
Thanks. 🙂
Daughters are so~ precious. Happy Birthday to your 12 year old… I love purple too and she will love it! Fae.
She absolutely loves purple! Not sure what will happen if she goes off the colour! LOL
Your daughter must have been thrilled. Looks delicious, and I love the idea of apple jam filling. My wife also likes to bake, she used to make the kids volcano cakes (involving dry ice) for their birthdays. (For my birthday, I prefer apple pie.)
Ooh never thought of dried ice for the volcanoes I make. How cool! My son has requested apple cake with the apple jam for his birthday. 🙂
What a fabulous looking cake! Yes, my favourite colours are deep crimson and purple. Having said that, at your daughters age I had my bedroom painted purple walls and white accents…put me right off purple for a while!
Her room at her mother’s house has purple walls so we’ll see how long this lasts. At our house she still has the yellow as the main colour that her dad did years ago. I like the idea of purple with the white accents though. A great contrast.
Well happy birthday! Wow! Now that’s purple! I bet she was pleased. Good for her.
Thanks! 🙂
Happy Birthday to your daughter!! Spectacular cake. Love the colour and design!! I bet it is delicious 🙂
Can’t go wrong with chocolate cake! 🙂
Happy Birthday to your daughter. A cake to remember always.
“A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.” ~Author Unknown
Love that quote! They grow so fast.
Wow Virginia the cake is beautiful! Of course, I like purple, too!
Thank you! 🙂
so beautiful!
Thank you. 🙂