Frosting for your Cupcakes

lilian1977

Hi

I'm looking to buy something to apply icing to cupcakes in the Sex and the City/Magnolia Bakery style, ie:




So, if I'm looking on Ebay, what kind of tools am I looking for? I'm very new to cupcake making so apologies if the answer is "use a knife"!

x

MummyOfTwo

i use a Wilton 1M nozzle for thick, american style swirls:cool:

lilian1977

Thank you!

CupOfChai

Sorry to hijack your thread lilian1977, but does anyone have a good simple recipe for making that type of frosting? I had thought it was just a buttercream but then I tried making buttercream and it wasn't quite thick/stiff enough? (ooer!) Then I have seen recipes with egg white in but would prefer to avoid that if possible.

lilian1977

Oh I would like to know the answer to that as well

floyd

The Magnolia bakery/American buttercream has milk in it as well, this is the one I have used and it works really well but is VERY sweet

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 6 to 8 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

I also use a 1M tip for this type of icing

rachbc

a wilton 1 m will give you swirly swirls like this

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2802740854_28f85cae7d.jpg

the ones in the op pics are done with a palette knife - loads of vids on you tube to show the technique

MummyOfTwo

one with egg white is called italian meringue - very light but i dont quite love the taste of it...

greenbee

Buttercream should work, but if it gets too warm and soft then it can be hard to work with. Try using water instead of milk as well, as in this weather the milk may go off and spoil the flavour.

floyd

rachbc wrote: »

a wilton 1 m will give you swirly swirls like this

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2802740854_28f85cae7d.jpg

the ones in the op pics are done with a palette knife - loads of vids on you tube to show the technique

Yep, absolutely, I should have pointed out that the 1M is a star tip . I find I get too messy doing pallete knife icing so only do it if its for a large cake

lilian1977

Thanks all - and rachbc, that's actually the kind of icing I meant, I just couldn't find a picture, so thank you