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Sugar Lace Butterflies

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Sugar Lace Butterflies

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Difficulty Level
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Learn to make these elegant sugar butterflies with an intricate lace design on the wings.

In this tutorial you will learn to create sugar butterflies with a beautiful lace design. Serdar will show you how to combine a couple of different techniques to achieve a fragile looking butterfly that maintains it’s strength so that it is still easy to work with when decorating a cake.

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Sugar Lace Butterflies Course Material
This PDF document contains 2 templates to create the sugar lace butterflies.
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Track
Duration
Introduction
1:24
Tools, Materials, Recipes & Ingredients
1:47
Making the Templates
9:33
Preparing the Butterfly Holders
3:04
Pastillage Work
5:13
Piping the Lace
5:29
Making the Bodies
6:29
Assembling and Final Touches
11:54
Final Thoughts
00:35
Total Duration
46:27

While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video. Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you've discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results. Please note that some items may be listed as sets, and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.
Tools & Materials
Basic Stationary
Pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener etc.
Set of Scissors
Only one needed
Round Nozzle Set
4mm, 3mm and 2mm
Rolling Pins
Only one needed
Preferably with no scratches or dents.
Hand Towels
Ensure fibers are not loose.
Powder Shaker
Filled with starch
Preferably with small holes.
Needle or Pin
A couple
Serdar often uses a needle or a pin to remove air bubbles from underneath the fondant when coating a cake. They can also be used to pick up very small objects when decorating.
Sticky Tape
Long Tweezers
Only one needed
Long tweezers are recommended to use when joining small sugar parts.
Corrugated Cardboard
35cm x 18cm sheets
Great for placing sugar items to dry. Easy to move around.
A4 Plastic Sleeves
Also known as sheet protectors. Very useful for piping.
Cellophane
A4 Paper
Lollipop Sticks
Recipes & Ingredients
March 31, 2016
SweetPetite
Beautifully Demonstrated

Thankyou for another wonderful tutorial. Easy to follow instructions. Beautifully demonstrated, I look forward to making my own butterflies

March 31, 2016
Keeley BoweringVerified

Beautifully Demonstrated. Thankyou for another wonderful tutorial. Easy to follow instructions. Beautifully demonstrated, I look forward to making my own butterflies

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    9 comments

    1. Francisca Hanson says:
      December 26, 2020 at 9:50 pm

      I would like to make the laced butterflies .but I live
      In India.please help me out .

    2. Lorraine Corso says:
      September 5, 2019 at 11:19 am

      Hi, firstly thank you on a beautiful tutorial. In the UK we don’t seem to have the pastillage only modelling paste, flower paste and if we are lucky enough to find it gum paste. Would any of these work as a substitute?

    3. Anne Smith says:
      July 1, 2015 at 10:22 am

      Just a quick question…..would these butterflies be transported on the styrofoam or put on the cake then transported. I ask because they look so delicate especially the antennae. Many thanks again!

      1. Serkan Yener says:
        July 16, 2015 at 3:38 pm

        Hi Anne, sorry for the late reply. They should be fine to be transported on the cake. Thanks

    4. Anne Smith says:
      July 1, 2015 at 10:17 am

      Exquisite! So beautiful! I would’ve love to have seen them placed upon the finished cake. Any chance of a picture of the finished wedding cake with the butterflies in situ? Many thanks!

      1. Serkan Yener says:
        July 1, 2015 at 1:24 pm

        Hi Anne, This tutorial is actually part of a larger course (an entire wedding cake) that will be published once all the tutorials of the course are published. Should happen in a couple of months. Thanks!

    5. Milada Kusynová says:
      June 28, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      Moc se mi libí.Náderný.

    6. Carrie James says:
      May 31, 2015 at 9:01 am

      Can’t wait for this one. Thank you for sharing your expertise

    7. Elisabetta Morandi says:
      May 21, 2015 at 5:47 am

      I am looking Forward to this, they look gorgeous! Thank you

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