This was a really simple cake to throw together, but it still looks good enough for a dear friend's birthday. Happy Birthday, Melissa!
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This is a 7 inch round cake that stands about 5-1/2 inches tall. The cake is sitting on a 12 inch cake drum. The 12 inch drum is much too big and I should have use a 10inch, but I was all out. I need to order some from Amazon ASAP.
The cake is frosted in American Buttercream that I tinted purple using Regal Purple food gel. I like the Regal Purple better than the Wilton Violet or Purple gels. The Violet and Purple look dull and a little too blue for me, so I tend to stick with the Regal Purple.
The butterflies are paper cutouts. The pack comes with both pink and purple, and have a range of sizes. These butterflies are handy to have around.
The white balls are a combination of sugar pearls (the two smallest sizes), white candy covered chocolate Sixlets, and plastic balls (the three largest sizes).
The Happy Birthday topper was made using a Cricut Air Explore. The font for the Happy Birthday is called Hunters, and the font for the name is called Channel. I download my fonts from dafont.com
I wish all the cakes were this easy.
