Cool Cupcake Tutorials

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make really fun and simple Christmas cupcakes. To start, we’re going to take a pastry bag with an 824 star tip, a large one. I’m going to fill it with green buttercream. I like to squeeze a little bit out before I start because there’s going to …

Transcript Hi. My name is Christine Yen and I’m a baker and decorator at Butter Lane Cupcakes in the East Village. I’ve been baking for as long as I can remember. When I was a little kid I would be in the kitchen making a mess. I took my passion to culinary school, and I …

Transcript I’m going to be showing you how to make Thanksgiving cupcakes by decorating with a turkey. We’re going to have three colors for the feathers and then we’re going to have black for the body. We’re going to start with our brown with a petal tip. The narrow end is facing up and the …

Transcript My name is Pam Nelson, and I’m the owner of Butter Lane Bakery in the East Village of New York City. We are famous for making the best cupcake in New York City, and I think we’re really well known for having a cupcake that’s really pure and simple. We only use natural ingredients, …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make really fun Halloween cupcakes. My favorite part about Halloween is making jack-o-lanterns, and I’m going to show you how to make really cute jack-o-lantern cupcakes. What we’re going to start with is three bags, one with orange, one with green, and one with black. We’ll start …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make butterfly cupcakes. This is actually a lot simpler than you might think. I’m going to start with three bags – one with just a star tip, one with a petal tip, and one with a round. I’m going to start with our pastry bag with the …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make a dog on a cupcake. If you know someone who loves dogs they would love a cupcake like this. So, we’re going to start with a pastry bag. Just white buttercream in here and a large round tip. And this is going to be base of …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to make really fun and easy Mother’s Day cupcakes. My mom likes to get flowers on Mother’s Day, so I’m going to show you how to make sunflowers on your cupcakes. I already have my green bag and my yellow bag, and I’m going to show you …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make Easter cupcakes because they’re super simple, super easy. When I think Easter, I think fun, pastel colors, so I’m going to show you how to color some vanilla buttercream. I have with me purple, yellow, blue, and pink. You’re always going to start coloring with one …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make Valentine’s Day cupcakes. Now, the whole point of Valentine’s Day is to send a message to the person that you love and that’s exactly what we’re going to do with our cupcakes. So, we’re going to have three pastry bags; two shades of pink, both with …

Transcript So, now I’m going to show you how to pipe our frosting that we just colored for our Easter cupcakes. So, I actually have two tips. The first one I’m going to use is a large round tip. I’m going use our blue for this one. So, squeeze it to the end and just …

Transcript One of the best things about summer is the fresh fruit that is available. So, what we’re going today is we’re going to use some fresh fruit that we found and use that as a simple topping for a cupcake. So, we’re just going to take some frosting, using a spatula or you can …

Transcript So, an easy way to decorate a cupcake for a wedding is you’re going to take a vanilla cupcake; I’m going to take some vanilla frosting, and I’m going to go ahead and use just a regular straight spatula. You could use a pastry bag. I prefer the spatula, because I’m going to get …

Transcript Okay, so we’re going to make cupcakes for a kids first birthday party. So what I’m going to do is I’m actually going to use banana cupcake which is very child-friendly. And I have some regular American chocolate buttercream in pastry bag, I filled it about halfway so I can get a nice grip …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make flower cupcakes. This one is really simple but really, really pretty. I’m going to start with a pastry bag with a large star tip filled with white buttercream. You could put whatever color you want. This is just the base that the flower is going to …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make a rose for your cupcake. It’s really fun and really beautiful. We’re going to start in the center with our petal tip. The narrow end is facing up and the fatter end is facing down. You’re going to hold it right in the middle, and you’re …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make cupcakes for a shower for a baby girl. I already have a darker pink made and I’m going to show you how to color it, so you can make a lighter pink, just to have that contrast of color. I’m going to add one drop of …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to decorate cupcakes for a boy’s birthday. I’m going to use different shades of blue. I’m going to color our white buttercream with some blue food coloring. I put in one drop at time. A little bit goes a long way, and you can always add more. I’m …

Transcript So, I’m going to show you how to make cupcakes for a girl’s birthday. We’re going to have different shades of pink. I already colored a light pink, so I’m going to show you how to color a darker pink. This is actually red, but I’m going to drop one or two in there …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make cupcakes for a baby boy shower. We’re going to need a cupcake and two different shades of blue and a black pastry bag. So with our darker blue with this large star tip we’re going to pipe starting from the center cover a little over the …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to make really easy birthday cupcakes. I’m going to start with our pastry bag. I’m using an 824 pastry tip. I’m going to fill it with really good vanilla icing. Plain old vanilla. All I’m going to do is do a classic swirl on our cupcake. I’m …

Transcript I’m going to show you a few piping techniques, with three piping tips. The first one is a star tip. The second one is a petal tip, and the third one is a leaf tip. With our star tip, I’m going to show you a real simple border. It’s called a shell border. It’s …

Transcript So, I’m going to show you how to frost cupcakes using an American buttercream and a spatula. So, what you want to do is, you want to take your cupcake and you’re actually going to turn your cupcake clockwise or counterclockwise. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s actually going around. And at the …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to fill a pastry bag. Here I have a plastic pastry bag. They also come in canvas. This one is a little too big for my taste, so I’m actually going to cut it down so it’s easier to handle. Now that it’s a more manageable size for …