Perfect Cupcake Ideas

Want that perfect cupcake for your perfect party? Don't want to pay big bucks for them either? Make them yourself while saving money and getting the cupcake you want. You can use the whole cupcake as part of the decorations. Everything from the batter to the icing on top can match your theme.

To start you can color the batter before it's baked to match you party theme with food coloring. Light colored batters can be changed into almost any color. For a baby shower you could color the batter pink or blue. That would just be cute. You can even just swirl chocolate and white cake batter together to get a beautifully yummy cupcake that everyone would love.

The key to a perfect cupcake is the icing. It can be as simple as just the perfect color and cute sprinkles that matches your theme. If you want to get brave and use two colors of icings, it's very easy. You will need 3 piping bags and tips. Two of the bags will hold each color, one in each bag. Then the third to hold the two bags with color together to be used like it is just one bag. It makes a cute swirl pattern in the icing. Blue and white make a great cupcake for a water theme party; beach theme, pool party or ocean theme.

If you want to add more than just color to your cupcakes, you have many different decorating options. Fondant, candies, prints your own toppers, and even just the right icing tip can make some beautiful cupcakes.

Just about any cookie cutter can be used to cut shapes out of rolled out fondant. Hearts, stars, or just shapes make very beautiful cupcakes. If you are brave enough, fondant can even be molded into 3d shapes to match your theme. They also make all kinds of candies in cute fun shapes that could be added to the top of cupcakes. Gummy hamburgers are great for a barbecue party or gummy pizzas for a sleepover party. Take a quick walk down the candy isle at the grocery store to get lots of ideas. Many online sites offer a print your own cupcake toppers to match your theme. They can even personalize them with names or dates. There are sites that will do the design work for you for a fee and ones that offer you the free template you can design yourself.

Cute cupcakes can be made with the right icing tip. Wilton tip number 333 with multiple holes makes great grass. Wilton tip number 48 is a great tip to make the basket weave pattern. Wilton tip number 352 is perfect for leaves and flower petals. Layers of petals with tip number 352 would make a great cupcake flower.

Your next themed party can be perfect with a great cupcake you made. You can use a combination of ideas to make an outstanding cupcake. Colored batter, colored icing and the decoration on top will make your cupcakes a star of the party.

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