Place
frosting in a pastry bag (or plastic bag with the corner cut out) and pipe frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.
Not exact matches
I put some
in a
pastry bag and squeezed it out onto a plate and left it at room temperature for four hours, and while it gets very soft and slippery, it seems that it will work, as long as the cupcakes are super cool when I
frost them.
Lastly, keep
in mind that if your
frosting gets a little too soft as you work your way around the sides of the cake, you should stick your
pastry bag in the fridge and walk away for 10 minutes before continuing.
Note: If desired, reserve 1 cup of
frosting before spreading on the top and sides of cake and place it
in a
pastry bag fitted with a star - tip to decorate the top border of the cake.
You can pipe the
frosting with a
pastry bag, or simply put it
in a zip - lock
bag and cut the corner to make your own disposable
pastry bag.
(If you don't have a
frosting piper like mine, use your finger to poke holes
in each cake, and a ziploc
bag with the corner snipped or a
pastry bag to fill.)
Draw them on your cake with black decorator
frosting, or make musical notes out of chocolate — melt chips
in your microwave, pour into a plastic or
pastry bag, cut off the tip and draw notes on a sheet of wax paper.
• Fill large
pastry bag (or a Ziplock
bag is just fine) with
frosting and generously squeeze
in a spiral pattern on top of the cake.