How To Easily Pipe A Classic Cupcake Swirl Like A Professional

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Learn how to create an easy cupcake swirl. This swirl can be used as a simple decoration for cupcakes.

The swirl can easily be changed to any color and finished with various toppings or fondant toppers. The simple swirl is easy to create and leaves a polished look.The classic cupcake swirl is seen on so many cupcakes, and turns an ordinary looking cupcake into something rather special.

The great news is that this is incredibly easy to do, even if you are a complete beginner. Regardless of your level of cake decorating skills, this is something that can easily be undertaken.

Don’t believe me?

You will after you have read this simple step by step tutorial.

Items You Need:

Creating the cupcake swirl is easy with the following items.

• Buttercream frosting. Either self made or pre-purchased
• Food coloring (if desired)
• Piping bag
• Piping tip 

Cupcake frosting can be purchased from any cake decorating store. It can also be easily found in supermarkets. 

The great thing about pre-purchasing the frosting is that you can buy it in bulk, which saves a lot of time when making it.

If however you would like to make your own frosting, this is an easy recipe to follow.

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Vanilla Frosting

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Delicious vanilla frosting that is perfect for use on cupcakes or cakes.

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Ingredients

• 500g Icing Sugar
• 160g Butter
• 50ml of Milk
• 4 Drops of Vanilla Essence

Instructions

1. Beat the icing sugar and butter together with an electric mixer. Mix on low speed. As the ingredients combine, move to medium speed.
2. Combine the milk and the vanilla essence in a separate bowl.
3. Add the milk and essence to the mixture a couple of tablespoons at a time.
4. Once all the milk has been added, turn the mixer up to high speed and continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy.
5. The longer the frosting is beaten, the lighter and fluffier it will be.
6. Once you are happy with the consistency, use to cover cakes and cupcakes.

Now all you need to do is grab your cupcake and start decorating.

A cupcake swirl can be created very easily in one swirl process. However if you have never undertaken a cupcake swirl before, this can feel a bit more difficult to do.

This tutorial breaks down the swirl into four simple steps. This allows you to undertake one part of the swirl, then stop before undertaking the next.

Once you have created a few cupcake swirls, you will soon find that you can undertake this in one movement.

However you decide to complete the cupcake swirl, the result will be pretty much the same.

Step 1: Start the swirl on the outer edge of the cupcake. Continue until you have completed a whole ring of the cake.

 Step 2: Pipe a slightly smaller ring on the inner circle. This needs to touch the first ring.

 Step 3: Complete the look with a third swirl on the top. To obtain the classic swirl look, squeeze the frosting in the middle to get the tip.

As mentioned before, once you have undertaken this a few times it will be a lot easier to undertake in one motion.

 Step 4: Decorate as you wish. This could be with sprinkles or a fondant topper.

The cupcake swirl is perfect for creating cupcakes that look a bit extra special. 

It really is simple to do and can be finished with various toppers for individual looks.

Once you start getting adventurous, you can start mixing up the colors in the swirl to create a rainbow effect. This looks sensational and again is pretty simple to do when you know how.

If it’s your first time creating the swirl, this is the easiest way to do it. After decorating a few cupcakes it will get easier and easier and before you know it, you will be decorating the cupcakes like a professional.

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