Equipment and preparation: For this recipe you will need a 15cm/6in, 23cm/9in and 30cm/12in round cake tin, thin cake boards of respective sizes, and 20cm/8in, 28cm/11in, 35cm/14in thick cake boards.

Ahead, we put together a roundup of 10 butterfly wedding cake ideas to help inspire your own ... Here, wafer-paper butterflies hover around a three-tiered cake draped in peach, coral, and lavender ...