How to Decorate Cupcakes

Cupcakes are more popular than bigger cakes as they are easy to make, less time-consuming and can be made for a number of people at once. With the different flavors like chocolate, vanilla, butter cream, blackberry, etc. you can have similar toppings on those yummy cupcakes. Kids love cupcakes and the best way to make them even more enjoyable is to decorate them with icing and sweets to make different colorful pictures on them. They can even be served as snacks on certain occasions like showers, birthdays, tea parties or simply as an evening snack. Take a look at some delicious ways on how to decorate cupcakes.

How to Decorate Cupcakes with Icing
Baking the cupcakes is the only hard part about preparing them. The actual fun starts when you have to decorate them with different flavored and colored icing to make them look delicious. As the frosting is the main attraction of all cupcakes, scroll down to learn how to decorate cupcakes with cream and frosting.

Frostings
Given below are some simple frosting recipes which you can use to decorate your cupcakes. Find out how to decorate cupcakes by reading the following.

Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients

• 150 g softened butter
• 250 g icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons hot water

Directions
Beat the icing sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric beater. After they are smooth and well mixed, add the vanilla and water and beat once more till the icing is smooth and creamy.

Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients

• 150 g softened butter
• 250 g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons hot water

Directions
Beat the butter and icing sugar thoroughly with an electric beater and then combine the cocoa powder and water to it for further mixing. Beat this mixture well till the frosting is soft and smooth.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients

• 30 g softened butter
• 80 g cream cheese
• 1½ cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Directions
Sift the sugar and beat all the ingredients together with an electric beater till the frosting is smooth and creamy.

Decorations for Cupcakes
Once the frosting is made you can decorate the cupcakes with some more toppings which are given below.

Butterfly Cupcakes
Ingredients

• 1 packet candy coated chocolates
• 5 cupcakes of your choice flavor
• Butter cream frosting
• 1 packet 'freckles'
• Licorice strips

Directions
Frost each cupcake with the prepared frosting and arrange the candies in the middle of the cupcake in a straight line representing the butterfly's body. Place the freckles on either side of the showing wings. Place the licorice strips as antennae to complete the butterfly cupcakes. Decorate all of them with different colored candies to make them look colorful.

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients

• 1 packet chocolate fries
• 10 dark chocolate cupcakes
• Chocolate butter cream frosting
• 1 packet Chocolate freckles

Directions
After you've baked your cupcakes, let them turn a bit warm and then apply the frosting either with a spatula or in an icing bag. Top all the cupcakes in the same manner and them sprinkle some chocolate freckles on the top. Add three to four chocolate fries on each of the cupcakes and serve. If you are wondering how to decorate cupcakes for birthdays, the above mentioned cupcake decorations can be useful.

Lemon Flower Cupcakes
Ingredients

• 12 lemon cupcakes
• Lemon cream cheese frosting
• Vanilla frosting

Directions
Keep your lemon cupcakes on a plate or hold them gently in your hands. With an icing bag filled with the vanilla frosting, gently make 5 petals on the top of the cupcakes. Then with the lemon cream cheese icing bags draw dots in the center of the flowers to give the cupcakes a beautiful decoration. Make the flowers in the vice versa pattern to bring a difference and serve them with some gently sprinkled colored freckles in the center. If you have no ideas on how to decorate cupcakes for a baby shower, you can use this tip.

Those were some great tips on how to decorate cupcakes for various occasions. You can use your own ideas for decorating cupcakes. You can have designs like bees, smileys, alphabets and many more. So, make the best out of those cupcakes and receive compliments for your imagination and creativity.