Decorating Cupcakes with Buttercream

It's time to experiment and make the famous Buttercream to decorate and give flavor and color to the Cupcakes. Buttercream is the most used to decorate cakes and cupcakes. It has the property that when mixed with different ingredients, it is much delicios.

Buttercream (also known as butter cream, butter icing, and mock cream) is a type of icing or filling used inside cakes, as a coating, and as decoration. In its simplest form, it is made by creaming butter with powdered sugar, although other fats can be used, such as margarine or lard. Colorings and flavorings are often added, such as chocolate, fruit purees, and various extracts. Buttercream is a common topping for cupcakes, sponge cakes, butter cakes, and other desserts.

Here I tell you some utensils and ingredients to start decorating our delicious cupcakes with buttercream:

Utensils

Mixer

The mixer will allow us to mix the ingredients and whisk the cream with their rods high speed.

Piping bag

They are essential for decorating cupcakes with buttercream, we can find them as cloth , plastic and some are disposable.

Nozzles

Nozzles and piping bags are used together. You can find nozzles stainless steel and plastic nozzles also. There are plenty of nozzles that allow us to make different designs with the buttercream and you can find different brands.

Sieve or Strainer

It is advisable to sift the icing sugar to detach it and get it a thinner texture, achieving a softer cream.

Silicone Spatula

It is used to mix the cream and clean the walls of the bowl that we use to mix the cream, so the entire cream will be used in our cupcakes.

Measuring cups and Kitchen scale

Measuring utensils allow us to add the exact amount of ingredients in our baking recipes.

Spatula

This spatula is used to extend the frosting or cream on the cake.

Ingredients

Butter

You can go searching and testing different brands of butter on the market, until you find one you like. Always use unsalted butter.

Icing Sugar

The icing sugar is the ingredient that will give the sweet touch, if the cream is thinner, the texture will be better.

Essence, cookies, fruits, etc.

You can include in your recipes for buttercream variety of ingredients such as vanilla, jams, cookies, fruits and many more, to achieve different flavors with each buttercream that you prepare.

Gel Dyes

The dyes play a important role in the presentation of the cream, making them more attractive to the palate of people.

Edible Powder

The edible powder is intended for decorative purposes and it is suitable for consumption, plus we can find them in different colors for our decorations.

Sprinkles to decorate

In the market there are varieties of sprinkles, colored rain, edible pearls, tiny forms, etc. The sprinkles make the cupcakes more attractive, fun and delicious.

It is time to put into practice your creativity, take your piping bag and unleashes your imagination!