Coming Up With Cupcake Decorations Even With Little Time

Remember the last time you walk past your local pastry shop? Were you enticed with the beautiful decorations on those cakes they sell? Decorating these cakes would actually require a special kind of art that is pretty much evolving especially now that the technology for food processing is gradually improving. There are several people that actually earn a living by doing this craft. They decorate cakes in different colors and shapes. Some of those edible toppers that you often see gracing the cake looks so divine that it seems like you don’t want to spoil the overall look by eating any of them. Some are even lifelike, such as those birds that are made of a fondant icing. They seem so real, that it would discourage you from eating them.

If you enjoy baking, you don’t have to spend too money purchasing these creations from a bakery. You can also make them at home. The best and easiest way to indulge a passion for cake decorating is to make cupcakes. These little cakes are so cute, and you can decorate them any which way you want, in several varieties. If it is Christmas, you could make Christmas tree decoration cupcakes. If it is your partner’s birthday, you could make some personalized decorations on a theme that is close to their heart, such as an edible football cake topper if soccer is their passion. All you need is a good recipe and a certain amount of creativity.

Say you’re doing them for Christmas – then come up with some of those lovely Christmas tree decoration cupcakes. And if someone you love is celebrating their birthday, make it look personalized by coming up with something that the person loves. If he’s a football fanatic, then you include it with some edible football cake topper. Just equip yourself with some creativity and a good recipe book, and that should do the trick.

But say you don’t have time for all these decorating stuff? Well, you better read these tips to help you decorate your cupcakes so easily, even with little time:

The apple cupcake – Take a cupcake and decorate with red frosting (from confectioner’s sugar mixed with red food coloring). Then take a pretzel stick, dip it into melted chocolate and attach to look like a stem. Use a green gumdrop to look like a leaf-and you have an “apple” cake!

Balloon cupcakes – This is a great way to ice and decorate a platter of little cakes. Take a selection of cupcakes and frost them in a variety of colors – red, yellow, blue, green, white. Then attach a selection of colorful ribbons and attach them to the bottoms of the cakes, so that it looks like a bunch of little balloons. Very colorful and pretty on the plate!

Footprints – Frost cupcakes with white or light chocolate icing. Add some coconut sprinkles to make the cakes look furry. Then take a chocolate mint and place it in the center for the “sole” of the foot and surround with three chocolate chips as toes. These should look like little paws, and they will taste delicious!

Grape cupcakes – These little clusters are made by icing the cupcake purple and then placing purple gumdrops on the top in the shape of a cluster. A couple of little green gumdrops complete the look as the “leaves” of the vine.

Bed of roses – Add some green food coloring to a coconut and place on top of the cupcake. Afterwards, put some candy roses on top. You may also come up with your own roses and place them on top.

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