Custom Cupcakes For Your Theme

A great cupcake can be the perfect finishing touch for your party or event. They can also be very expensive. To save some money and still get the perfect cupcake make your own. Everything about the cupcake can be made to match your theme. Everything from colored batter to icing and decorations on top can coordinate.

After you mix your batter and before you bake it, you can change the color if the batter is light. White cake mixes are perfect for that way. For example, you could color the batter pink or blue for a baby shower or rainbow color for a birthday party. That would be so cute! Mix a chocolate batter and a white batter then swirl them together to get a very beautiful and yummy cupcake that will be the hit of the party.

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. You can even mold fondant like clay to make 3d shapes. Like these garden cupcake in this tutorial. 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 barbeque 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.

If you have a few good tips and a piping bag you can make some very cute cupcakes with a few tricks. For cute grass on cupcakes use Wilton tip number 333. It has multiple holes that make the grass look. Basket weave can be made with Wilton tip number 48. Wilton tip number 352 can be used to make leaves and flower petals. Make a few layers of petals with the tip 352 for a cute flower cupcake.

With the cupcakes you make you can have the perfect party theme. Use one of the ideas or a combination of ideas for the outstanding cupcake. To make the star of your party your cupcakes color the batter, color the icing, and decorate the top. You will be happy you did!

Want to find out more about decorating cupcakes and cakes, then visit Melanie Couch’s site on how to choose the best cake or cupcake tutorial for your needs.