Butterfly Cake and Flower Cupcakes

For Audrey's birthday I wanted to make a cake that was super girly. I found this video online, and followed it exactly(that's how creative I am) to make the butterfly cake! It turned out awesome, and was really pretty easy. Here's a link to the video on bettycrocker.com:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/how-to/how-to-videos/Butterfly-video.htm

I used a cake mix, but added a small package of instant pudding. I think it tastes a lot better that way. Since we had a lot of people, and the butterfly cake is made with only one 9-inch round pan, we made a dozen cupcakes to go with it, using the other half of the batter.
I used pink marshmallows to make the flower pettals, and I dipped the sticky side of the marshmallow slices into purple-colored sugar. I decided to use just a plain mini marshmallow for the center of the flower. I couldn't be more pleased with the result! Cute and yummy. I just love birthdays!