Butterfly Stencil Cake

Name: Butterfly Stencil Cake
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 servings Sliced almonds, if desired; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 3 eggs; 552 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters milk; 2 teaspoons poppy seed; 315 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps About unsweetened baking cocoa; 454 grams container Betty Rich & Creamy lemon or vanilla frosting

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Butterfly Stencil Cake Head to the store and pick up almonds, vanilla frosting, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour.

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Shortening

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

In large bowl, beat all ingredients except poppy seed, frosting, cocoa and candies with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in poppy seed.

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Poppy Seeds

Frosting

Candy

Cocoa Powder

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until cakes springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Place on serving platter.

Spread frosting on top and sides of cake.

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Frosting

Spread

For butterfly design, hold handle of large wooden spoon crosswise over center of frosted cake (hold spoon close to cake); sift cocoa over handle to form outline of butterfly body. Hold bowl of spoon over cake at angle to butterfly body; sift cocoa over edge of bowl of spoon to form outline of wing part. Repeat to form 3 remaining wing parts. Decorate with almonds.

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Almonds