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Butterfly Cake

For the cutest cake for a birthday party, try this yummy cake with an easy decoration. The guest will be so impress with this delicious cake.—Bonnie Jost, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

8-10 ServingsPrep: 1 hour Bake: 25 min.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
FROSTING:
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Yellow gel or paste food coloring
Assorted colored sugar
6 small gumdrops
Orange peel

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, orange peel
and extract; beat until combined. Combine the flour, salt and baking
soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Spoon
into two greased 9-in. heart-shaped baking pans; spread evenly in
pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick

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Butterfly Cake (continued)

Directions (continued)

inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before
removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Cut 1-1/2 in. off the pointed ends of each heart cake; set aside. For
the butterfly wings, place the cut ends of the heart cakes together
on a 17-in. x 15-in. covered board. Trim reserved cake pieces to
form the rounded ends of the butterfly's body.
In a small bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add confectioners'
sugar and vanilla. Remove 1/2 cup frosting and tint yellow; set
aside. Frost cake sides and top with white frosting. Cut a small
hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert #6 round tip.
Fill bag with remaining white frosting; set aside.
Frost a portion of each wing with yellow frosting. Decorate
butterfly's body and wings with colored sugars. Pipe white frosting
to separate colored sections on wings to outline the body. Decorate
the wings with gumdrops.
Using a citrus stripper, cut two 12-in. long pieces of orange peel.
Wrap around the handle of a wooden spoon. Remove from spoon and
place above the body for antennae. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 slice) equals 775 calories, 40 g fat (25 g saturated fat), 174 mg cholesterol, 472 mg sodium, 99 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.