{"id":19,"date":"2008-10-08T00:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T00:49:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-07-01T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T15:54:51","slug":"recipe-for-decorating-your-cupcake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for decorating your cupcake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou must be wondering how those cupcake look so beautiful…Well now you can have your own designs with these 2 recipe.\"\"<\/p>\n
Butter Cream Icing<\/strong>
\nThe butter cream icing is a soft-based icing which allows you to easily spread it like butter, write words or make decorative borders. The texture is a bit similar with whip cream which you can find on cakes.<\/p>\n
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Ingredients<\/strong>
\n<\/span>1. 150 gm soften butter
\n2. 250 gm icing sugar
\n3. 1 tsp vanilla essence
\n4. 2 tsp very hot water<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Method<\/strong>
\n1. Beat the butter & sugar with an electric beater till well combined.
\n2. Add in the vanilla essence & the hot water.
\n3. Beat untill smooth & creamy.<\/p>\n

Tips<\/strong>: If you want it to be red, green or other colours, just add a drop of colour paste and mix it well with the icing.<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>Ways of using butter cream icing<\/span>
\n1. If you want to use the icing as a base, use the spatula and spread it across the cupcakes.
\n2. If you want to use it for decorative purposes, take a pastry bag & cut the end a little. Then fit the pastry tip (design according to your choice) to the end of the cut area. Make sure it fits nicely. You can secure it with a tape if you want. Then take use the spatula to scoop a fair amount of icing batter into the pastry bag. Squeeze it till the icing batter comes out from the pastry tip.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sugar Paste Icing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Sugar paste icing’s texture is much stiffer. It is useful if you want to mold shapes and other designs as it is able to stand.<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/div>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n
1. One, egg white (Egg size 3)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

2. 1 tbsp liquid glucose, warmed
\n3. 350 gm shifted icing sugar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Methods<\/strong>
\n1. Stir the egg white and the liquid glucose together in a large bowl.
\n2. Add in the icing sugar and mix it with a spatula in a chopping manner until the icing begins to bind together.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>3. Knead the mixture with your fingers till it forms a ball.<\/p>\n

Tips<\/strong>: If you want it to be coloured, out a few drops of colour paste on the dough and knead it till the whole dough is coloured.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ingredients for colouring and decoration<\/strong><\/div>\n
1. Confetti flakes<\/div>\n
2. Sugar flakes<\/div>\n
3. Colour paste<\/div>\n
4. Easter flakes<\/div>\n
5. Heart flakes<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Ways of using sugar paste icing<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Adding colour paste to the sugarpaste icing for decoration<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. You can use a shape cutter or a knife to cut the paste into any shape you desire.
\n2. You can also flatten the paste and use it as a cover top for your cupcakes.<\/p>\n

Storing tips<\/strong>: Wrap the paste with a clear foil and keep it in the fridge. It can last for about a week. If the paste is dry, add a few drops of warm water and knead it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Well now all of you can try out the recipe! If you have any questions or if you feel that you like the recipe, please feel free to leave comments.<\/p>\n

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