Cornelli lace and sugar pearl butterfly

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Comment by Susan Shubert on October 12, 2011 at 11:14pm

Royal icing buterflies aren't too hard.  First draw or trace the butterfly wings on a piece of regular paper (could be from a coloring book).  Tape the paper to a piece of cardboard or something else flat (like a cookie sheet).  Tape a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on top of the template.

I used a size 2 round tip with royal icing to outline each wing (and each major section), making sure the lines connected.  Then I went back in with a size 1 round tip and filled in the sections with random squiggly lines, making sure they touched the edges of the major sections, but never crossed them.  I also piped tiny dots along the outer edges of the wings.   After this, I set the wings aside to dry for a day or so, still taped to the cardboard.

 After the wings were dry, I piped a butterfly body on a new piece of wax paper, with a piece of cardstock underneath folded to support the wings when I place them on.  Very gently, I picked up the wings and set them in place in the body , making sure the cardstock supports them at the angle I want.  At this point, I also "glued" some sugar pearls on my butterfly wings and body.  You could also insert 2 white flower stamens in the body as antanne.

Let your butterfly dry at least 24 more hours and it is ready to be attached to a cake.  Hope this made sense!

 

Comment by Jessie Burton on October 12, 2011 at 1:33pm

how do you make the butterfly? I'm new to this

Comment by Goreti on October 2, 2011 at 8:01pm

Absolutely gorgeous!

Comment by Linda Wolff on October 2, 2011 at 11:33am

Beautiful, Susan...I know you told me it is not hard....but I tried over the weekend and if you stink at string work, like I do....IT'S HARD! lol

Comment by Katy Nott on October 2, 2011 at 10:45am

lol - disregard my previous comment.  I have just seen you've already posted the pic of butterfly.  Just lovely.