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Floral Fancy Cupcake Decorations

By Lynette Bell

Anyone can make fancy cupcake decorations even if you are not a creative cake decorator and have absolutely no experience. Yes, it's true. You can make an attractive cupcake flower decorations even if you have never piped or molded icing or paste in your life.

How can this be?

Well, you may not be aware that are many flowers can be eaten. Crystallizing these flowers make delicate, beautiful and fancy cupcake decorations. Just a word of warning though there are some flowers which are poisonous so be careful not to kill your guests with kindness.

Here's how you crystallize your flower:

• Whip up an egg white until fluffy but not peaky
• Using a small brush, paint both sides of the flower.
• Gently dredge with caster sugar
• Leave on a rack in draft-free space to dry completely
• Decorate your cupcake, dessert or cake
• These flowers can be stored in an airtight container for many weeks.

What flowers can you use?

Violets and roses are the most common flowers used for crystallization but here are a few others: apple blossom (in small doses), carnation, cornflower, lavender, nasturtium, pansy, rosemary, squash blossom, thyme. These are only a small selection of flowers that you can use but they will probably make the most fancy cupcake decorations. And there's no need to use coloring either.

Taking this a little further the crystallizing of small berries will also make attractive decorations. Try cranberries and redcurrants. Whether you use frosting, fondant or glace icing I tend to prefer white icing for a delicate effect for your cupcake.

I'm sure that you will agree that anyone can make fancy cupcake decorations by using edible flowers. Bring the garden to the table and surprise your guests with your fancy cupcake decorations and creations.

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How to Decorate Your Cupcakes to Look Fancy

By Brad Younger

With the many cupcake frosting ideas around, it may leave you wondering who suddenly instituted a cupcake frosting competition all over the internet. And indeed, their designs are so fascinating and they seem so easy to do that chances are, you can't wait to try them for yourself. Let see if we can cover some of the basics of How To Decorate Cupcakes.

While cupcake decorating seems easy, there is some art to it. You can't just pipe on random blobs on your beautifully-baked creations. This will ruin the cupcake's visual appeal and, chances are, guests would be more than happy to look away from a frosting disaster. To avoid it, just follow the simple tips below:

1. Run away with your theme. Are you preparing cupcakes for Christmas, Halloween, a birthday party, or even a formal event? Plan ahead about the colors you intend to use, and visualize a complete cupcake in your mind.
2. Master your tools. No soldier goes into battle without weapons. No painter faces a canvas without his or her materials. No writer sits down to face a blank sheet of paper without a pen. You get the picture. Make sure that you already have working knowledge of your cupcake decorating bags. Before attempting your first big cupcake event, practice, practice, practice. You should already know how much pressure you apply and the different pipe tips you have at your disposal to make some truly interesting designs.
3. Get creative. Maybe making animals from piped blobs of icing isn't really your forte. Work with what you already know, and 'cheat' a little by embellishing it with candies and other pre-made edible items to spice up your cupcake's appearance.
4. Know your choices. Are you looking to decorate cupcakes using frosting alone? What kind of candies should you stock up? A quick trip to the candy store and the supermarket will give you ideas about what to invest in and how much to spend.
5. Work with what you know. Perhaps it isn't really a good idea to copy an idea that would require masterful manipulation of cupcake decorating bags if you're known to be the clumsiest person in the kitchen. You can use fondant, which is arguably easier to control, and just sprinkle some candies on top.

These are just some of the tips that experts have picked after years and years of cupcake decorating. Cupcakes are excellent food suggestions for any occasion. This extremely versatile piece of pastry continues to dominate homes and bakeries because of its incredible versatility. Make one of your own today!

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