18th Birthday Cake

Today marked the start of preparations for the 18th birthday cake.  I'm making a 2 tier cake decorated with a number of sugarpaste models, including a champagne bottle and a big number 18.  Today I started making some small sugarpaste butterflies.  I used leftover sugarpaste from the mothers day cakes and a small butterfly pastry cutter.  I folded up card to make a concertina shape and placed the butterfly shapes into the 'V's of the concertina so that when they dry and become hard they will look like they are in flight.  I'm going to use icing to draw on the centre of the butterfly.   

  Sugarpaste butterflies