I recently bought a new piping head and haven't done just piped cupcakes in quite a while so I decided that I would practice piping roses using buttercream icing. The piping head I used for the roses is #104 which can also be used for bows, petals etc...
I used the Hummingbird Bakery recipe for vanilla cupcakes and then piped the vanilla icing on top. The cakes themselves were really light and moist and had a nice hint of vanilla. I really like classic sponge and this was definitely a recipe I would use again. I particuarly like using milk with the butter in the icing to make it more creamy and a bit less sickly.
As I wanted to pipe roses I decided to use pink and white icing as I thought these colours go really nice together and went really nicely with some pink and white cupcake cases I have. As the whole point was to practice flowers most of the cupcakes used roses, however I tried them in different ways and the ones that didn't use roses I piped hearts to stay along the theme. To pipe buttercream roses a pin is usually recommended, however, I decided just I'd pipe them straight onto the cupcakes, which I think looked just as nice.
I'm really pleased with how they turned out and I really like the colours together. I like piping and would definitely try out some other designs in the future or even make these ones again for a special occasion e.g. valentines day, anniversarys etc...
Recipe
(Cake Days - The Hummingbird Bakery)
Makes 12-16
For the sponge:
80g unsalted butter, softened
280g caster sugar
240g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
240ml milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the vanilla frosting:
500g icing sugar
160g unsalted butter
50ml milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
Food colouring (optional)
Method:
Thanks for reading,
Olivia x x
I love soft pink and white together too, looks really pretty on vanilla cupcakes. Your roses are lovely too. I should probably try out more piping nozzles other than my standard wilton 1M and 2D.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I always used to use the same piping nozzles as well so I thought i'd try something different, I'd deff recommend it as it's great to experiment! x
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