Too many cupcakes

[yuuago]

Oh boy.

My mom's become interested in cake decorating lately, so we spent some time this afternoon experimenting with that. She bought some "Russian" piping tips, and they're really interesting to work with. They make flowers, and instead of doing each petal individually, you pipe the whole flower in one go.

You can see how they work over here - there are lots of examples on the internet, this is just one of them. I didn't use the buttercream recipe from here - ours does not require eggs.

I posted some examples of my attempt on tumblr. They didn't turn out quite as nice, but then again, I never even use regular cake tips, never mind fancy ones, so I guess it's not a bad attempt. ;)

This was also my first time using gel food colouring. I really like it! I'd only used liquid drip before, and found it hard to get a vivid, consistent colour. I thought it would be hard to find, but it turns out our grocery store does carry gel colour; I'd just never noticed it before.

Also, when doing two colours, I find that using plastic wrap is more convenient than just putting it directly into the bag. You spread the bolder colour out in a line, and then you put a line of the lighter colour down the centre of that line, and then you use the plastic wrap to roll them over another. And then you put the icing, inside the plastic wrap, into your piping bag.If I wasn't doing this, I probably would have made even more of a mess....

Anyway, I don't want to look at frosting ever again, thank you. ;p I've had quite enough for now.

Comments

[eggsbenedict]

I think your attempt looks great, the aqua and peach are so vivid. :D I really admire anyone who can do piping/frosting at all!

[yuuago]

:D Thank you!

It's easier than I expected it to be, but still, such a mess to clean up after, omg. xD

[piscaria]

Those are really neat looking! They remind me of succulents.

[yuuago]

Omg yes, I know what you mean! I didn't expect the purple + blue combination to come out looking like that, so it was quite a neat surprise. :D

[hokuton_punch]

Ooooooh, pretty! ♥ And tasty-looking.

[yuuago]

Thank you! :D

(They mostly taste like icing, haha)

[0dense]

those are pretty! I like the color pairings :)

[yuuago]

:D Thank you!!

[zeest]

There was a time when I watched lots of videos of people using the Russian piping tips, not because I do any backing but just because the flowers are so pretty! And your attempts look good! Like someone said, they look like succulents and the colours are really pretty.

(Do you have to eat all that frosting yourself?)

[yuuago]

<3!
I expected them to be a hot mess, so I'm pretty pleased that they turned out as well as I did.

Fortunately we gave a lot of them to my brother, so I won't have to eat all of them. ;) It's a biiiit too much frosting....

[kanadka]

holy shit, those look REALLY GOOD especially given that it's a first attempt! They look as high quality as the kind that I've seen from people who use tips regularly. You also picked some quality colour combos. But uh yeah I can imagine that all those colours and all those different tips and loading them into the tips must've been a nightmare. Worth it, imo, that pic alone is brag-worthy.

[yuuago]

:D Thank you! I'll have to practice more... though next time I'll definitely stick to one or two colour combinations. We didn't know how much icing it would require in order to make the flowers, so the amounts we mixed were pretty small.