Ingredients
1 butterfly cake mixture or a vanilla cake packet mix
12-16 flat bottom ice cream cones
12-16 balloons
Wooden skewers
Little people to decorate
e.g., Lego men, Polly Pocket
25g unsalted butter
softened, for icing
1 cup icing sugar
for icing
1 tbsp milk
for icing
food colouring
optional, for icing
Equipment
- 1 muffin pan
- 1 wire rack
- 1 small bowl
- 1 wooden skewers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C. Place cones in muffin pan holes this works a treat for catching any overflow during baking.
- Prepare butterfly cake mix or packet mix cake.
- Fill each cone 2/3 full (amount varies depending on how big cones are).
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- To prepare icing, mix butter, icing sugar and milk together in a small bowl until pale and smooth. Add food colouring (if using).
- When cakes are cold, trim away any overflow.
- Spread with icing and push 3 skewers into each cone. You will need to adjust the angle of the skewers so they can hold the balloons.
- Blow up balloons and place carefully between the skewers.
- Push the chosen little people (we like Lego men and Polly pocket) into the icing.
- Transfer carefully to the party table it's a great centrepiece or individual place setting.
Notes
Tip
I made the butterfly cake mix and made 12 butterflies and 12 hot air-balloons. If you are not making the butterfly cakes, halve the cake recipe for the hot-air balloons or use a packet mix cake.
