Butterfly birthday cake

March 20, 2013. A freezing cold wind is blowing through the streets of Copenhagen. Ice-storm coming perhaps. The sky is a grayish white blocking out the sun. The snowdrops, winter aconites and crocuses are mercifully covered in a thick layer of snow and spring is no where in sight. I don't mind. I like winter and I love snow. 

This feeling is not shared by my friend Bodil, who is longing for spring and summer, and today is her birthday, so I have made her a little butterfly birthday cake to cheer her up.

 

The butterflies are inspired by Peggy Porschen, and turned out so much better than when I first had a go at making them (see cake 1 & 2). It's nice to see progress.

The cake was a layered cake with a hazelnut creme and chocolate ganache.