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Cupcake Decorating Ideasby Giorgina Devereaux Cupcake decorating ideas offer simple and creative ways to decorate cupcakes for any occasion. Perfect for helping set the theme and mood of a celebration, such as an anniversary, birthday, or holiday, this edible delight is sure to please family, friends, and guests. There are a variety of cupcake decorating ideas that will turn an ordinary looking cupcake into a visually pleasing work of art. The different flavors available will allow you to create an assortment of creamy and heavenly cupcakes. Don't worry if you are a novice because cupcakes are easy to make and with some simple decorative touches, such as fluffy frosting and candied sprinkles, you will have an artfully decorated treat.  Choose an Occasion• Anniversary • Baby Shower • Baptism • Birthday • Congratulations • Create a Theme (for example, a circus theme where you can make lion cupcakes) • Wedding • New Year's • Valentine's Day • St. Patrick's Day • Memorial Day • Fourth of July • Halloween • Thanksgiving • Christmas  Cupcake Making Supplies • Buttercream • Fudge Frosting • Frosting in vanilla or chocolate • Ready-to-Decorate Icings by Wilton – These are available in black, blue, green, orange, pink, red, violet, white, and yellow. • Dusting Powders – These include powdered sugar or cocoa powder. • Edible Decorations – Edible decorations consist of icing decorations, confetti sprinkles, sprinkles (in different shapes such as, hearts, animals, stars, daisies, etc.,), jimmies, nonpareils, glitter, chocolate, and other candies. • Wilton 12 Icing Colors Set – These are available in ½ ounce jars in the following colors: Kelly Green, Violet, Pink, Brown, Lemon Yellow, Black, No-Taste Red, Royal Blue, Golden Yellow, Burgundy, Teal, and Copper. Simply add to fondant to create the desired color. • Fondant – Fondant is used to decorate cakes and cupcakes. It adds an air of elegance. Wilton offers a Ready-to-Use White Rolled Fondant product. • Gum Paste - Gum paste is sugar dough made from powdered sugar, egg whites, and vegetable gum. Gum paste can be used to make flowers, bows, ribbons, and figurines. It is available through Wilton. • Whip Cream •  Kopykake Frosting Sheets – Kopykake frosting sheets are perfect for
putting edible images on your cupcakes. Consider purchasing 2" circle frosting
sheets for cupcakes. You want to make sure you use edible ink when printing. The
edible ink is essentially a food coloring ink. Before placing the frosting
sheets on the cupcakes, you first want to add the frosting. After you place the
frosting sheet on the cupcake, it pretty much melts right into it and the
details remain intact. • Edible Rice Paper Sheets – A cheaper alternative to Kopykake Frosting Sheets are edible rice paper sheets. Please bear in mind that the image produced on the frosting sheets looks better than rice paper sheets. • Cookie Shapes Pan – Cookie shapes pan are useful for making cookies that you'd like to place on top of a cupcake as a decorative touch. Some available designs are: Christmas, Valentine, Spring theme, Easter Eggs, Farm Animals, Snowflakes, Hearts, Gingerbread, Girl theme (i.e. butterfly, purse, castle, etc.,), and Boy theme (i.e. space shuttle, trophy, car, etc.,). • Silicone Baking Cups – Silicone baking cups are convenient and easy to use. They are freezer, refrigerator, oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe. The great thing is these baking cups resist stains and odors and are oven safe to 500°F. These are available in a variety of colors, such as, pink, blue, red, yellow, for example. • Palette Knife – This knife is an excellent tool for lifting and cutting fondant. • Rolling Pin - A non-stick rolling pin is preferred. It is useful for rolling out pastes. • Dresden Tool – Useful for making markings on paste as well as for working with fondant icing, royal icing, and marzipan to add simple details to enhance cakes, flowers, and models. • Shears – Shears are occasionally used for cutting paste. • Tooth Picks – An excellent little tool when working with fine details, such as to fan out rose petals. Cupcake Decorating Supplies • Baking Cups • Cupcake Picks, Rings, and Toppers (non-edible) • Cupcake Tattoos (edible) • Cupcake Decorations (edible) • Pretzel Molds • Cupcake Wrappers (also known as Cupcake Aprons) • Cupcake Boxes  Baking cups are available in the following designs:• Baseball • Basketball • Black Damask • Black/Gold Plaid • Daisies • Dinosaur • Football • Frog Prince • Gold Foil • Happy Birthday •  Hot Pink Foil• Leopard Print • Pink Ribbon • Pirate • Polka Dots • Red/Gold Plaid • Red/White Harlequin • Rose Petal (scalloped edges) • Smiley Face • Soccer • Stripes • Teal/Gold Plaid • Zebra (hot pink color) Cupcake picks, rings, and toppers are available in the following designs (non-edible):  • Ballerinas• Batman • Care Bear • Christmas Theme • Curious George • Dinosaurs • Disney Fairies Tinker Bell • Disney Princess • Dora the Explorer • Halloween Theme • Happy Birthday • Hello Kitty • Let's Party • Marvel Super Hero  • Mickey Mouse• Minnie Mouse • Pink Ribbon • Race Car • Rapunzel • Scooby Doo • Sesame Street • Star Wars Clone Troopers • Strawberry Shortcake • Superman • Thomas the Train • Toy Story • Valentine • Wonder Woman • Zoo Animals  Cupcake tattoos (edible) are available in the following designs:• Animal Skins • Black and White Damask Cupcake decorations (edible) are available in the following: • Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts • Black String Lace Licorice • Candy Corn • Chocolate (grated) • Chocolate Chips • Chocolate Figurines • Confetti • Cookies (Milano cookies, Oreo cookies, shortbread cookies) • Fondant  • Frosting• Frosting Sheets • Gummy Worms • Icing • Jellied Fruit Slices and Gum Drops • Jelly Beans • Jimmies • Life Savers Candy • M&Ms • Marshmallows • Peppermint Candy (Swirls and Sticks) • Pretzel Rods • Shredded Coconut • Sprinkles (pearlized, daisies, stars and moon, animals, fish, dinosaurs, dolphin, butterflies, hearts, etc.,) • Sugar Cones • Royal Icing Decorations  Pretzel Molds:Pretzel molds are used to add a chocolate design to pretzel rods. The pretzel rods can then be inserted in a cupcake as a decorative touch. Instructions for using a pretzel mold: 1. To make the chocolate mold, place Wilton chocolate candy melts inside a microwave safe bowl. Warm the chocolate up in the microwave in 30 second increments until the chocolate is melted and smooth. 2. Stir the melted chocolate. Using a food paint brush, paint the inside of each mold with chocolate making sure all crevices are filled. 3. Fill each mold half full of melted chocolate and place a pretzel rod into the slot designed for the pretzel. The pretzel should be floating centered in the mold. Fill the rest of each mold to the top with the melted chocolate. 4. You want to allow the chocolate pretzel rods to cool for two or three hours until the chocolate is solid. 5. Carefully pop each chocolate pretzel out of the mold and insert into frosted cupcakes.  Pretzel molds are available in the following designs:• Butterflies • Christmas Tree • Easter (Bunnies, Hatching Chicks, Eggs, Easter Baskets) • Halloween Pumpkin and Ghost • Hearts • It's a Boy • Present • Pumpkin Harvest • Race Car • Smiley • Snowman and Flakes • St. Patrick's Day  Cupcake wrappers are available in the following designs:• Black Ghost • Black Stars • Blue Stars • Butterflies • Choo Choo Train • Daisy • Diamonds • Dinosaurs • Filigree • Graduation • Happy Birthday • Holiday Lights • Ivy Vine • Merry Christmas  • Orange Pumpkin• Palm Tree • Pink Flower • Pink Princess • Poinsettia • Purple Princess • Red Stars • Rose Vine • Rubber Duckies • Seashells • Snowflakes • Spider Web • Sunflower • Sweetheart • Tea Pots • White Basket • White Ghost • White Picket Fence • White Stars  Cupcake boxes are available in the following designs:• Be My Cupcake • Bubble Stripes • Circus Theme • Flower Shop • Haunted Manor • Heaven Cupcake • Hop n' Tweet • Pastel Colors (blue, yellow, pink) • Toile Cupcake Stands Cupcake stands are available in the following designs:  • Aged to Perfection• Baby Feet • Bunny Treat and Egg • Celebration • Disney Fairies • Disney Pixar Toy Story • Disney Princess • Dora the Explorer • Graduation • Haunted Manor • Jolly Fun • Skulls and Scrolls • Spider Man • SpongeBob Square Pants • Sports  Transporting CupcakesTransport your creations by using either a cupcake box or a reusable cupcake carrier. Some cupcake carriers accommodate anywhere from 24 to 36 cupcakes. In addition, it is tiered and collapses to half its original height, which is a storage saver. Made of durable translucent plastic that makes it easy to identify what is inside. Please feel free to share your cupcake masterpieces. Return from Cupcake Decorating Ideas to Cake Decorating Return from Cupcake Decorating Ideas to Decor Medley Home |
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