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Do these look delicious or what!  Even better, they are easy enough for a beginner to make.  Cupcake Decorating Products Used:Americolor PumpkinAmericolor Ivory Tip # 8Tip # 20Tip # 46Angled 8” SpatulaPiping Bags How to decorate your cupcakes:Step 1: Bake your cupcakes and allow to cool for at least 45 mins – 1 hour. Step 2: Make a batch of buttercream icing and reserve a small amount of white for the “whipping cream”. Wit...

In this video Jayden demonstrates how to pipe gorgeous Sunflowers for your festive Fall Cupcakes. Step 1: Start with the Center Using any basic tip pipe a round center of  buttercreme icing coloured dark brown. Step 2:  Pipe the Petals Fill your piping bag with a golden yellow Icing (we used Americolor Egg Yellow with a bit of Americolor Electric Yellow)  and use an Ateco tip 353 or Wilton t...

We started by covering the top of our cupcakes with sanding sugar - we used gold sanding sugar. Alternately you could use brown sugar, graham cracker crumbs or even light brown icing. Tall Flowering Cactus These cupcake toppers were made by first shaping fondant into a rounded tube of the right shape. (You could also use a rice krispie treat form into the same shape). Using a  Commercial Open Star Tip 862 and icing coloured with...

Mother's Day is almost here, and what better way to celebrate than by making Mom some beautiful and delicious cupcakes? You can start with your favorite go to cupcake mix or a box mix or try one of our favourite recipes  Carrot Cake and Dutch Chocolate Cake. In this blog post, we'll show you how to decorate cupcakes with 5 different (but complimentary designs) for Mother's Day, with tutorials ranging from beginner to interme...

How to Make Carrot Top CupcakesStep 1: Make the Greenery The tops of the carrots are made by free-hand cutting "leafy" shapes out of fondant using our PenBlade #10 and then letting the shapes dry for about 12 hours so they become hardened enough to stand up on their own. Once you cut the shapes out place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet or cake board. Let "air" dry for about 6 hours and then gently flip them over to dry the back side o...