Cupcake Tutorials
Step by Step Tutorials
Fashion Inspired Buttercream
Buttercream is not only delicious it is a wonderful medium for fashion ruffles on cakes and cupcakes. Buttercream ruffle entices your eyes to dance, the anticipation of that first bite becomes overwhelming. You begin to fell like a “kid in a candy store,” once you...
Piping Royal Icing Roses Using The Toothpick Method
These adorable roses are made using a cocktail stick/toothpick. Once you have mastered piping roses using the cocktail stick technique you'll never go back to a flower nail head (this method also works with buttercream). You can pipe very small or large depending on...
Peony Cupcake Fun
Peonies are a favorite flower of mine. They are perfect for weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, and any special occasion. I have designed three fun techniques to create peony cupcakes, all of them have a wow factor and can be mixed and matched. The front cupcake...
Adorable Christmas Cupcakes
You won’t believe how entertaining and easy to create these adorable cupcakes. The embellishments have endless possibilities, start by sketching your cupcake on paper. I promise your creative side will take over. I had more embellishments than spiraled Christmas tree...
How to Sculpt Santa Claus Cupcakes
Christmas time seems to bring out my inner child. I remember waiting for Santa Claus is Coming To Town to air every year (this was prior to VHS and DVDs). I could not wait to see Fred Astaire (he happens to be in another favorite Christmas movie, Holiday Inn) narrate...
Too Cute Buttercream Halloween Cupcakes
It is almost that time of year when kids (young and old) dress-up and celebrate Halloween. Most of us probably have either a Halloween party to host or are invited to one, and once you have that perfect costume in mind it is time to figure out how to bring to life....
Victorian Fashion Inspired Fondant
When you think of Victorian inspired cupcake designs you immediately think of romance and perhaps exquisite. Perhaps the accessories from Rose’s vanity (in her room on the Titanic). Handmade lace doilies, heavy luxuries mirrors, Halcyon Days’ pill boxes, hats, pearls,...
Royal Icing Piped Daisies
I thought it would fun to learn how to make these cute and cheerful royal icing daisies (in minutes) with this video tutorial. All you will need is an understanding of pressure control, bag potions, and the correct constancy of the icing. In addition to a few...
Celebrate Spring and Summer with Royal Icing Roses and Flowers
Cupcakes are usually one serving size, no sharing involved. They’re small and easy to package, store, and transport. Decorating cupcakes is fun and creative for people of all ages. Generally they can be made out of common kitchen supplies and ingredients you have on...