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Love Bug Cakes :D

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For Valentine's day or lovers of ladybugs :)
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Sorry I didn't take any photod of the process guys, and my drawings of it aren't very realistic :P >.<

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Make up your cake mix or own yummy cake mix and add red food colouring :D
    be quite generous to get a dark red colour.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Pour your red cake mix into one of them baking trays for little cakes.
    don't forget cake cases :D


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    In the oven at 270c for 20mins or so, you know they are cooked when you can poke them with a fork or something lgihtly and it doesn't leave a hole :)

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    when they are done LET THEM COOL !!
    i always want to decorte things straight away in my impatience >.<


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    While you are waiting for them to kool we can make the buttercream icing :D
    you add a big dollop of butter/maragine and lots and lots of cing sugar into a bowl and mix mix mix until it's smooth enough to be spreadable
    add a drop of milk to help it mix smoother if needed

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    now when the cakes are cool we cut the top off with a knife

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    then cut that bit that we cut off in half :)
    like when you're making butterfly cakes these are the wings :D

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Cover the main bit of the cake with a layer of buttercreamm

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    And place the wings, straight side up flat onto the cakes, leaving some space at the front so we have room for a head

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Them splodge dots of black food colouring on your wings :D

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    now add a blob of buttercream for a head and add two little silver balls for eyes, or anything else you want to use for eyes really :)

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    and hooray!
    your love bug cakes are done :D

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michelle G.

michelle G.

14 Feb 00:27

I loved your instruction pictures

Haruka xz

Haruka xz

15 Feb 20:18

i love yours photos! x3

i have to do it! bye!

prettyplain

prettyplain

18 Feb 05:45

hahaa i think your drawings are so cute! can't wait to try to receipe either.

Janiboni

Janiboni

09 Jun 22:43

this is so creative I love it!

TigerLily

TigerLily

08 Oct 03:17

I'm totally doing these for my daughter's 3rd birthday party! They are awesome!

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Rosemary Anne M. »
February 14, 2009 00:19
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