How to Frost Cupcakes with a Frosting Swirl

Are you wanting to have professionally looking cupcakes and wanting to know how to frost cupcakes with a frosting swirl. You are in luck. With this easy step by step tutorial you will be able to have beautifully decorated cupcakes.

How to Frost Cupcakes

Creating a cupcake icing swirl is simple with a little practice. With this easy how to Create a Cupcake Icing Swirl you will take your cupcakes from tasting amazing to looking amazing and professional!

It is no secret that we love cupcakes and we love making them look beautiful. Yes you could totally just spread the frosting on the top of a cupcake with a knife but they look so much better when you have the beautiful frosting swirl.

Of course before you get started frosting cupcakes you are going to have to bake some. You can check out all of our awesome cupcake recipes, but here are a few of our favorites.

• The best Vanilla cupcake recipe
• Angel Food Cupcakes
• Red Velvet Cupcakes
• Mocha Cupcakes
• Peanut Butter cupcakes
• Strawberry Cupcakes
• Chocolate cupcakes

After picking out your cupcake flavor you are going to have to pick what flavor frosting you want to use. You can see all of our homemade frosting recipes, but here are a few of our favorites.

• Marshmallow Fluff Frosting
• Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe
• Strawberry Buttercream frosting
• Cream cheese frosting
• Vanilla Whipped Frosting
• Almond Buttercream

Tips for Frosting Cupcakes with the best Frosting Swirls

Large opening tip. The key is to use a piping tip with an opening as large as a dime. You can use a round tip for a smooth swirl or a star tip for a swirl with ridges.

Make each swirl individually. You can have as many frosting swirls on a cupcake as you want and you will make them each the same way. If you want different colors for each swirl layer you can do that too.

Fluffy frosting. You want the frosting to be fluffy and not right out of the fridge.

Supplies needed for decorating Cupcakes with Frosting

• Piping Bag
• Frosting tips
• Frosting

How to create a Single cupcake swirl

Before you get started frosting cupcakes you will need to fill the pastry bag with frosting. If you are new to decorating and making cupcakes be sure to check out the full post on how to fill a pastry bag with frosting.

Hold the bag straight up over the middle of the cupcake.

Start putting pressure on the bag so the frosting comes out.

Work your way from the middle of the cupcake to the top of the cupcake.

When you reach the top stop squeezing the bag but keep making the swirling motion to cut off the tip.

How to make a Double Frosting Swirl

Hold the bag straight up over the middle of the cupcake.

Start putting pressure on the bag so the frosting comes out.

Work your way from the middle of the cupcake to the top of the cupcake.

Next work clock ways and keep building the buttercream up to a second swirl layer. If you want to make more then two swirl layers you can, just continue the steps until you have reached your desired frosting height.

When you reach the top stop squeezing the bag but keep making the swirling motion to cut off the tip.

How to Swirl two flavors of icing on a cupcake

Place a large straight piping tip into a piping bag. Spoon the one flavor of frosting so it is only on the right side of the pastry bag going about halfway up and half way full.

Spoon the second flavor of frosting into the left-hand side of the pastry bag so it’s equal to the first side and they’re touching. Twist the top of the bag so it’s closed.

Swirl following the directions above for the amount of swirls you are wanting on the cupcake.

Kitchen Tips to Help in the Kitchen

Do yourself a favor and print out the How Many Pints in a Quart? and other liquid measurements printable to help you with your measurements in the kitchen! I have mine hanging on my fridge and it makes a super easy cheat sheet for whenever I am cooking and need to use liquid measurements.

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