Cupcake Video Tutorial-The Basics!
In this video, you will learn the basics of how to make beautiful cupcakes!
We'll show you how to create swirls of frosting with various tips, simple flowers, how to stripe the bag, how to create an "icing plug" for multi-toned piping, how to inject your cupcakes with fillings, and more!
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Materials for Cupcake Decorating
We used our Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe- our Classic Vanilla Buttercream is a great choice also!
In the video, I am using the following piping tips:
Wilton2D or 1M for the ridged swirl or buttercream rose swirls
Wilton 21 for a smaller ridged swirl/design
Ateco 808- huge round tip (for smooth swirls or a quick way to frost your cupcake before smoothing)
Wilton 12- Medium sized round tip (same use as above)
104 petal/ruffle tip
Viva Paper Towel (the smoothing technique that we demonstrated used this brand of paper towel which has no quilting or impressions).
For even more on the Viva Paper Towel Method of Smoothing (especially for decorating cakes rather than cupcakes) check out our free video: Viva Paper Towel Method of Smoothing
Favorite Cupcake Recipes
We have several great cupcake recipes on our site! Some of our favorites are chocolate cupcakes, lemon cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes and Oreo cupcakes! But there are so many more that we would love to share with you
Enjoy the Video!
Thanks for stopping by! We hope that you enjoy this cake decorating tutorial and find some techniques you'd like to try! Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below!
If you are looking for more videos on buttercream piping techniques, check out our videos on How to Pipe with a Star Tip, How to Pipe with Ruffle & Petal Tips, and How to Pipe with Round Piping Tips!
Always great to get back to the Basics!!!! thx!!
BTW....your "basics" are still frivolous and fancy baby!!
Thanks Trish--Your blog post a while back re-sparked by quest to find the fruit Tootsie Rolls, lol :0) I wish they came in every color!
I've used Starbursts too, but they require microwaving for a few seconds to soften. I've cut them into "hawaiian" flowers for a beach cake. they were very yummy.
i have tried this recently and it's works PERFECT!
when you are baking cakes or cupcakes and want them flat and even on the top...
as soon as they come out of the oven, flip it upside down on a flat surface for a minute or two...
cupcakes are a little difficult...what i do is NOT flip it upside
down, but i take another muffin pan and place it right on top of the
cupcakes...(placing it as though i was stacking them to put away on a
shelf - like nesting the pans..)...this works perfect.
in both instances, i also place something heavy once i flip it upside
down...works perfectly and i NEVER have to trim...
another thing...you can't let them sit upside down too long, the tops
will stick...but for a minute or two is perfect!
Great! I love the ideas that you have come up with.
Love the idea of two toned icing! Neat job:)
Can we use melted chocolate chips for decoration instead of candy melts?
Thx!! I did cupcakes for my 5 year old's class last week. I got confused with the swirl and turned out with roses lol, but they turned out great anyway!!
Hi Sadia, I have tried using the melted chocolate chips and they just don't last. After a short while they become very soft and fall over. Mine did not last one hour.
Hi Melissa, When I am finished my decorating and there are frosting left in the bags, do have to remove them or can I store them in the piping bags in the fridge?
Hi Ayshia, I haven't tried that, but I think it would be fine for short time. It wouldn't work for royal icing because it separates after sitting and needs to be re- stirred. I think your all butter and shortening buttercream would be ok.
Fantastic instructions!