Fields of Lavender Textured Cupcakes

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake mix following recipe instructions. Bake and cool cupcakes in white baking cups.
Tint icing. Tint 1 cup icing each lavender and dark purple using color combinations provided. Combine Violet and Rose icing colors to get lavender color shown. Combine Violet and Burgundy icing colors to get dark purple color shown. Tint ½ cup icing each magenta, teal and chartreuse using color combinations provided. Combine Rose and Violet icing colors to get magenta color shown. Combine Teal and a touch of Kelly Green icing colors to get teal color shown. Combine Lemon Yellow, Moss Green and a touch of Golden Yellow icing colors to get chartreuse color shown.
Prepare decorating bags as follows:
Tip 1M, lavender icing
Tip 2D, magenta icing
Tip 4B, dark purple icing
Tip 233, teal icing
Tip 104, chartreuse icing

Decorate cupcakes. Using prepared bags, pipe variety of rosettes, drop flower stars, stars, grass and loose zigzags on top of each cupcake.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe A Rosette
Learn how to pipe beautiful rosettes, big and small, to add charming floral accents. Rosettes are a great way to create quick decorations. Different tips create different petal effects. Rosettes can be used to add a simple floral accent to a dessert, or cover a cake and cupcakes.
How to Pipe a Zig Zag
The Zigzag is a popular way to fill in outlined areas, perfect for ribbed sweater and cuff effects. You can also use tight zigzags to cover the entire side of your cake - they look great!
How to Pipe an Icing Star Drop Flower
Pipe flowers with a simple straight up motion. Used sparingly, star drop flowers make delicate accents (especially those made with smaller tips) and are also great fill-in decorations. Using different tips will create different flower effects. Tip 1B is perfect for making hydrangeas, whereas tip 225 creates delicate blossoms.
How to Pipe a Star
One of the most popular techniques, stars come in a range of sizes and styles. Experiment with open and closed stars for variation in look. The star technique is timeless and can be used as a classic border or as a stunning fill-in for the top of a dessert.
How to Pipe Grass & Fur
The grass tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the grass tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out. Our step-by-step video shows you how!