Pretty Party Cupcakes & Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
Make cake and cupcakes. Prepare batter for cake and cupcakes. Bake and cool cake and cupcakes. Cake is two-layers cake, 4 in. tall. Place cake on foil-wrapped cake circle.
Step 2
Decorate cake. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint yellow, green, blue and rose.
Use spatula and yellow icing to ice cake smooth. Use tip 12 and green, blue and rose icing to pipe dots on cake sides. Use tip 3 and yellow icing to pipe bead bottom border.
Step 3
Decorate cupcakes. Use tip 1M and rose, blue and green icing to pipe swirls on tops of cupcakes.
Position cupcakes on cake top.
Products
Favorite cake recipe or mix
Your favorite cupcake recipe or mix
Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Golden Yellow Icing Color ((Combine Lemon Yellow and Golden Yellow for yellow shown))
Kelly Green Icing Color
Sky Blue Icing Color
Rose Icing Color
Products
10 x 2 in. Round Pan
Standard muffin pan
12 in. Cake Circle
Fanci-Foil Wrap
food-safe scissors
Tape
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Here is another quick way to decorate your cupcakes or cakes. It just takes minutes to pipe a fancy iced swirl and add colorful sprinkles. Learn how to make a 1M swirl, as well as, a swirl using tips 2A and 2D.
The bead shape makes impressive borders outlines and accents on letters and designs; also a cute trim on clothing and gingerbread houses. The basis for making piped hearts and figure piping.
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.