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Fairy Butterfly Cakes





This is the way my turned out, they looked better in person!
They were delicious!  The raspberry jam was lovely!
Things you will need:

  •        1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flower
  •        2 teaspoons baker powder
  •        1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  •        3/4 cup superfine sugar
  •        2 eggs, beaten
  •        2 tablespoons milk
  •        1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  •        1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •        colored sugar crystals for garnish
  •        seedless raspberry jam
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Recipes - Fairy Butterfly Cakes
Fairy Dust, Treasure Stones, Party Favors, Princess
Face Painting, Northern Colorado, Loveland, Cheyenne, WY

1. Butter 32 mini-muffin cups (1 3/4 inches in diameter) or line them with paper liners.  Preheat the oven to 375°F.

2. Sift together the flour and the baking powder.

3.  In the a small bowl of an electric miser, cream 1/2 cup of the butter at medium speed.  Gradually add the superfine sugar,
beating until light and fluffy.  Add the beaten eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.

4.  Fold in the flower mixture.  Stir in the milk until the dough becomes stiff dropping consistency.  Spoon the dough into the muffin
cups, filling each three quarters full.

5.  Bake the cakes in the upper third of the oven for 15 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool
in the pan set on a rack.  Remove the cakes from the pan.

6.  In the bowl of a food processor, process the remaining 1/2 cup of butter until creamy.  With the processor running, gradually
add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, processing until blended.

7.  Cut a 1/4 -inch-thick slice from the top of each cupcake.  Spoon a dollop of filling on the bottom portion of each cake.

8.  Cut each cake-top slice in half.  Dip the sides of the cake tops in colored sugar crystals.  Replace the top cake pieces, sugar
side up at an angle in the cream filling, forming the butterfly's wings.  With a small spoon dribble a small amount of raspberry jam
down the center of the wings to look like the butterfly's body.