What Piping Tips To Use For Cupcakes

The design of the tip helps create defined lines in your decorations giving your cakes and cupcakes added texture.

What piping tips to use for cupcakes. Use the bottom of the pastry tip not the pointy end and press it into the cupcake center removing the middle cake. First let me just say the tulip ones are the ones. Be sure to subscribe for all the latest vids put your feet up grab a cup of tea andor a spatula and apron and lets do this - the world needs cake and buttercream and were gonna make some.

Next add an additional 2 cups of powdered sugar and beat on low speed until sugar is incorporated. Small circles to bigger circles. Beat for about 60 seconds.

Last week I shared a video on how to make some simple hydrangea cupcakes and also one on how to make some basic rosette cupcakes and today I wanted to share a video tutorial on making the tulip ones. How to Pipe a 1M Swirl. Perfect for topping cupcakes pies cakes and more this piping technique is easy to do with buttercream or stabilized whipped cream frosting.

Use an offset spatula to flatten out the top of the frosting and spread it out towards the edge of the cupcake. I have put links below to where you can find them all. Use the offset spatula to straighten and smooth the sides of the frosting mound.

I pretty much use 4 tips the majority of the time an open star. The grass tip is one of the most popular in this category and can be used to pipe grass and fur like these Speckled Egg Cupcakes or this Fluffy Bunny Cake. Using tip 1M you could alternatively use 2D to get a similar look pipe a swirl starting in the center of the cupcake and ending on the outer edge.

Its hard to tell what the frosting is going to look like just by looking a the tip so heres some helpful photos. Use a large pastry tip as a cutter. Use your finger to poke a hole in the center of the cupcake pressing the center cake down and creating a hole for your filling be sure your hands are clean or wear gloves.