Snowman Christmas Cupcake

Snowman Christmas Cupcake

How to decorate a Snowman Cupcake:
You will need some cooled cupcakes. For a chocolate cupcake recipe click here and for a vanilla cupcake recipe click here.
You will need:
Royal Icing handmade snowman
Blue and white butter icing
Cooled cupcakes
White edible glitter
Wilton icing nozzle no. 21
Piping bag

Top Tips for using an icing bag: For the nozzle in the bag. Bend the edge of the bag outwards and place the nozzle in a tall glass. This allows you to use both hands now. Scoop the butter cream up and lightly drop it into the open bag. Once you have put all you can/need into the bag slowly shake the bag down forcing the icing nearer the nozzle and eliminating air bubbles. Gather the ends of the bag with a light grab and then twist. The 'grab' will prevent the bag from sticking which makes it difficult to refill. The twisted bag should fit nicely into the palm of your hand enabling you to keep the pressure whilst squeezing the butter icing.

Create your own icing Christmas Snowman

Top Tip for creating a two-tone butter icing: Since you are trying to create a snow effect with the butter icing a two-tone icing with create visual texture. When adding in food colouring to the white butter icing use a cocktail sticks worth of food colouring paste. Try not to use the liquid food colouring as the colour creation is hard to control. Mix the blue food colouring paste in with the white butter cream but not completely and so leaving patches of white in the mixture.  
When piping the butter cream place the nozzle at 90 degrees. Keep the pressure constant and slowly and controllingly pipe on the cupcake. Make sure the butter cream makes contact with the cupcake before you pull the piping bag away. Lightly sprinkle the edible glitter onto the piped butter cream and place your cheeky Christmas snowman on top.
Tada! You have a Snowman Christmas Cupcake. 

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