Red, white and ruffled!
These were soooo fun! I’ve been wanting to try ruffled frosting since I got my hands on Trophy Cupcakes Book. Their vintage ruffle technique is beautiful and I thought the Fourth of July would be a great excuse for me to try piping ruffles … yikes … with three colors!
Divide buttercream frosting into piping bags for this tri-colored look, but one color would be just as pretty.
One thing I realized after piping a bunch of these, was that I should not have divided the frosting in equal amounts. The bottom color needs a larger amount, the middle color a little less, and the top color the least. Hope that helps if you decide to try this with multiple colors.
Dive in and start piping around the perimeter of your cupcake with the first color.
Here’s the key (or tip) – Use a petal tip and hold it with the widest end pointing down towards the cupcake when you pipe. Start on the outer perimeter and apply even pressure to the piping bag while rotating the cupcake with your other hand. It took me several tries to get even ruffles and it helps to keep your piping bags about half full so you can pipe with better control.
Now my tip is one of the small sizes (#104) so I ended up with multiple little waves, but Trophy’s cupcakes are made with a larger tip (Ateco #127 – See this old post for an example of their ruffles in the book). I just didn’t have that size so I improvised. I definitely want to make them again with one color and a bigger tip.
But I think the small size worked out great for three colors because I could go around the cupcake two times with each color.
Eeek! Love it. I just need to practice, practice, practice to get them more uniform.
They kind of look like bunting decorations though and I’m giddy about it.
Oh yeah – I made little tags that you can use for your Fourth of July treats, too! Use them for cupcake picks and cake pop tags!
Here is the Happy 4th of July Treat Tags template you can print out and use with a paper punch.
And here is the cupcake recipe I used and the buttercream frosting recipe, too. Enjoy!
I hope you have a happy and safe 4th this Friday!!!
Super cute and festive!
June 29, 2014 10:46 PMPerfect for 4 th of July! The ruffles looks amazing and the chocolate cupcake is my favorite! Thanks.
June 29, 2014 11:02 PMThat looks great! Love the ruffles, so adorable. :)
June 29, 2014 11:14 PMTHESE ARE SO STINKING CUTE! That ruffle!
June 30, 2014 12:18 AMThese are so cute! I love the ruffles.
June 30, 2014 05:10 AMD’awww so sweet :D
June 30, 2014 06:12 AMLove the ruffle icing!! These look great!
June 30, 2014 06:18 AMAwesome job! These look so yummy!
June 30, 2014 06:34 AMThey look awesome!!
June 30, 2014 06:51 AMWow! They look beautiful…
June 30, 2014 07:18 AMIt seems that the 4th of July is a huge deal to Americans.
In Canada, we have Canada Day and thats on July 1st. I don’t think its as much of a big deal though for us
Love these — so pretty!
June 30, 2014 08:22 AMwow this looks so great ! I love theme cupcakes ?
Love,
June 30, 2014 08:52 AMT.
Super cute. Such skill with your piping. Mine would be a mess. Ha. God bless America!
June 30, 2014 08:59 AM13th comment
June 30, 2014 10:01 AMAwesome job! I might try making those today, but I bet that they are going to look super crappy because I stink at frosting things!
June 30, 2014 10:45 AMThese are super cute, love the ruffles.
June 30, 2014 12:37 PMI would also like to know what site you started your blog on because I have been meaning to start a blog for a while now but I don’t know what one to make it on and your one looks very professional. Please answer back I’m dying to know.
3 colours -wow!!! I love those celebration cupcakes. I’ve never tried ruffled frosting before, but these look like fun and are very beautiful. Thanks for all the great pictures that show how to do it right. I might actually try those ruffles myself…
Have a great 4th of July!!!!!!
June 30, 2014 04:57 PMFantásticos! Un lujo para celebrar este día!
July 1, 2014 02:22 AMThese are so pretty and perfect!
July 1, 2014 07:19 AMLove the colors, Love the look, Love the taste.
July 1, 2014 05:43 PMMmmmm…… Sooooo good
July 1, 2014 05:48 PMDitto comment 13!
July 1, 2014 06:42 PMDitto comment #13!!
July 1, 2014 06:44 PMWhat type of color did you use to get your red so red? I mainly use the gel dies and my red always comes out pink!
July 1, 2014 10:16 PMSo cute!! I can do that with green, white and red on september to celebrate mexico´s independence ; )
July 2, 2014 12:50 PMWow, so neat! i love those! you are the best piper i have ever seen! happy fourth of july!
July 3, 2014 11:31 AMthese are ADORABLE!!! thanks for sharing!
July 3, 2014 03:44 PMThanks for share… This blog is really very helpful for us and i hope it will also help us in future.
July 4, 2014 02:40 AMit looks so yummy.. Absolutely perfect!
July 4, 2014 04:57 AMI was wondering how clean and dreamy pictures you’ve taken. Keep it up!
July 6, 2014 09:01 AMWithout the tags: Go Netherlands!!
July 7, 2014 05:55 AMLove the look of these but then I’m a sucker for ruffles lol They especially look great in such strong, vibrant colours don’t you think? Shayne
July 7, 2014 07:38 PMThese are so fun and festive!
July 10, 2014 04:14 PMI love the ruffles. It makes the cake looks more fun and more fit for a party.
July 30, 2014 01:30 AMI am surprised only one comment on the photography. The photography of these cupcakes deserves as much praise as the gorgeous cupcakes. Beautiful.
February 28, 2015 01:19 AMThese cupcakes are so cute! I may try to make some of these for the 4th. With the petal tip, do you hold the wider edge of the tip to the outside of the cupcake or towards the middle. I think I will need to practice a lot. Thanks for sharing.
June 28, 2015 12:32 AM