spring cupcakes: royal icing flowers

Published by Meaghan on April 22, 2013 · 9 Comments

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How to decorate fun spring cupcakes with royal icing flowers.

spring cupcakes

These spring cupcakes with royal icing flowers are another one of those “whipped up with leftover icing” things. I’m not crazy about my piped designs, for which I blame my kids.

Ugh, they always need stuff like dinner and formula.

Point being, I really did whip these up. Too quickly. I may revisit the flower thing the next time I have leftover icing. But the beauty is, you can make your own, way better flowers. But for concept’s sake, spring cupcakes!

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how to make spring cupcakes with royal icing flowers

you will need:*

royal icing
food coloring
disposable decorating bags
couplers
decorating tips, sizes “3” and “4”
rubber bands
baking tray
wax paper

*Find the decorating bags, couplers and tips in the craft store. You’ll need one of each for each color you choose. For food coloring, I suggest Americolor Soft Gel Pastes (Electric Green, Electric Pink, Electric Purple, Egg Yellow and Orange used here).

step one: prepare your icing according to the recipe. Divide and tint your preferred colors. Prepare decorating bags with couplers and tips, fill with your colors and close tightly with rubber bands.

step two: pipe your designs. Line a baking tray with wax paper. Pipe small flowers, 1 to 2 inches tall. Let the icing dry very well, overnight.

step three: top your cupcakes. Carefully pull the flower off of the wax paper and gently insert into the cupcakes right after they are frosetd (see below).

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you will need:*

cupcakes
frosting
green food coloring
disposable decorating bag
size 233 tip
rubber band

*Find the decorating bag and tip in the craft store. Number 233 is also known as the “grass tip.”

step one: make your cupcakes and frosting. Prepare cupcakes and frosting. If you’re using store-bought frosting, you may need to thicken it with powdered sugar so it holds its shape. Tint green (I used Americolor’s Electric Green). Prepare the decorating bag with the tip, fill with frosting and close with a rubber band.

step two: frost your cupcakes. Holding the decorating bag vertically over the cupcake, squeeze and pull up while squeezing. Repeat to cover the cupcake. Immediately insert the flower toppers.