Cupcakes have a lot of weight to carry for such tiny fluffy things. They are on TV shows like Cupcake Wars, Cupcake Girls, DC Cupcakes, and Georgetown Cupcakes; that’s a lot of pressure! Everyone loves to eat cupcakes, but sometimes these TV shows make your cupcakes feel inadequate. No worries, here are my top tricks to achieving some TV-worth adorable cupcakes without all the drama.
Cute liners do the work for you
Are you worried about tinting frosting? You may not have to, try some cute liners! They add fun and color without any extra work, just add some sparkly sprinkles to your frosting and you will dazzle everyone. Sometimes the light patterns won’t show up if you have a dark cupcake like chocolate. I think the Reynold’s Stay Brite liners with foil are great, they won’t fade!
You can also try the baking cups like the ones in the picture, they are a little smaller but cute and easy to use! Some people like to use a cupcake wrapper, but that’s a whole extra step at the end, I like to keep it simple.
When in doubt: sprinkles
It may sound obvious, but the right sprinkles on a simple cupcake can be just what you need. Sprinkle technology has long surpassed the traditional rainbow and chocolate; you can get sprinkles in any color and tons of shapes. With a cute liner or some tinted buttercream, sprinkles add just a touch of interest without working your fingers to the bone to make custom fondant decorations.
When you do want to do fondant, flat is fine!
There’s a lot of pressure to create a spectacular 3D figure for each of your 24 cupcakes, but who’s got the time?! Unless I’m looking to hire a bunch of Play-Doh experts, don’t sign me up for 3D fondant. Instead, you can layer different color fondant cut out from cookie cutters to decorate your cupcakes for any occasion. For these shapes I used my Cricut, it’s great for lazy people like me who hate spending time on fondant. It’s a fun craft activity to with friends or kids, and leaves much less mess and frustration.
Cupcakes should be fun and cute, don’t work too hard! These little things can’t take too much decoration, and are great for parties and hostessing. What are your favorite tricks for cupcake decorating?
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