Miscellaneous

How do you ice cupcakes without a piping tip?

How do you ice cupcakes without a piping tip?

To get that nice frosting on the cupcake without a tip, you can use one of four methods:

  1. Use a Ziplock bag.
  2. Use a knife.
  3. Dip the cupcake.
  4. Use a cookie dough scooper.

What are the best piping tips for cupcakes?

The Wilton 1M (Used in the frosting how-to photos above) is my most-used tip for cupcake frosting. It creates a nice, thick swirl and looks very uniform (read: mistake-free) no matter how quickly you are frosting. The last tip I use for cupcake decorating is the Wilton 2A.

How do you frost cupcakes without a tip?

What can I use if I don’t have a piping tip?

Take your Ziploc plastic bag and tape the corner tip of the side you are going to use. Flip the bag and tap the other side of the corner. Once you have taped your piping bag, cut a small hole using your scissors. A small hole will be ideal for writing letters on your cake.

How to decorate a cupcake with piped frosting?

Pipe a spiral of frosting, starting at the outer edge and working toward the center of the cupcake, gradually piling the frosting into a peak. Add candy or fruit for a pretty garnish. Swirled Frosting: Fit a pastry bag with a star or round tip. Spoon one color of frosting on one side of the bag.

How do you pipe two colors of frosting?

Line the bag with one color frosting, then fill the piping bag with the other color you’re using, as shown in the video below. The first rose you pipe may be all one color frosting but after that one, you should begin to see both colors come out. Here’s the first of the batch I piped: See a little white starting to come out at the top?

How to swirl multiple colors of frosting for cupcakes?

Fit a large piping bag (18 inches) with a wide mouth piping tip (I used #849 tip). Slide the flat piping bags with frosting into the large piping bag. Press some of the frosting out until you see all three colors. Create your own color combo to fit any occasion or theme! Yes, you can create beautiful cupcakes with store bought products!

How do you pipe a rose on a cupcake?

As you’ll see in this video, piping roses is literally just swirling frosting on top of cupcakes or cakes– it takes zero special talent. And getting two colors in the piping bag is nothing complicated either. Line the bag with one color frosting, then fill the piping bag with the other color you’re using, as shown in the video below.