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Mum Cupcakes Frosting Technique

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Easy Mum Cupcakes Frosting TechniqueHow sweet are these pretty mum cupcakes?  You may remember that I am participating in a quest to find the Ultimate Chocolate Cupcake, with Stephanie from the Cupcake Project.  These cupcakes were part of the 6th round of baking and I used this frosting technique to make them a little fancier than the traditional Wilton 1M swirl.  I got the idea from these chrysanthemum cupcakes from Martha Stewart.  Patients is definitely not a virtue I practice often, but I was still pleased with the overall result.  I used a swiss meringue buttercream and I love the snowy white of the frosting against the dark chocolate cupcake.  It would be fun to dye them with a little gel food coloring as well though!

Easy Mum Cupcakes Frosting Technique

It’s been a stressful week here.  I had my last exam and my last rotation of medical school yesterday.  Today residency placements are announced and I’ll find out where I’ll be working for the next three years!  I also leave for India this afternoon!  Needless to say, I’m a bundle of nerves.  I’m going to shift gears on the blog to more travel stories and photos while I’m working in a Tibetan refugee hospital for the next 6 weeks.

Easy Mum Cupcakes Frosting Technique

Ok, so onto the technique….

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  • Author: Kelly Egan - A Side of Sweet
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No bake
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • Butter Cream Frosting
  • Number 80 Fluted Frosting Tip
  • Disposable frosting bag (The reusable one collect a lot of bacteria!)
  • Cupcakes

Instructions

  1. Place the frosting tip in your frosting bag and fill with butter cream frosting
  2. Starting at the outside, hold the bag at a 45 degree angle and squeeze the bag while pulling out in a quick stroke. Do the entire outer circle that way. Repeat with several layers, shortening the petals with each layer. I found that releasing pressure on the bag and dragging it outwards gave me the best result.

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March 15, 2013  â€¢  Filed Under: Cakes & Cupcakes, Desserts, Party Recipe Ideas, Recipes 3 Comments

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  1. David Y says

    March 23, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    LOOK AT THIS

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  2. Denise says

    July 17, 2013 at 2:55 am

    How long did it take you to decorate one cupcake? I need to decorate 50 and wasn’t sure if this would take forever! They’re gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Kelly says

      July 17, 2013 at 8:19 am

      Hi Denise – The cupcakes definitely take longer than a traditional cupcake, but went surprisingly quickly. They are a good task to do while watching TV or talking on the phone. It’s been a while since I made them, but I would roughly estimate about 1-2 minutes/cupcake. If you make them please let me know how it goes!

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