If you get a large enough tip, you may only need to do one layer of frosting to cover the entirety of your cupcake -- no swirls required. Though, a circle tip can also allow you to pipe concentric ...

Attach a large star piping tip to a piping bag, and load with the green frosting. Using a swirl pattern, frost each cupcake so it has a peak in the center. Attach a red candy heart on each of the ...

This is a basic recipe that you can use over and over again on any kind of cake or cupcake. Swirl or pipe a generous amount over each cupcake and watch them disappear. Technique Tip: Use an ice ...

Transfer into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe in a swirl on top of the cupcake. Top with some sprinkles to finish. For the candy cane stripe cupcakes, put a large round nozzle into a ...

Load the icing into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip. Pipe generous swirls of frosting on each cupcake or dollop it on with a spatula. Toast lightly with a kitchen torch. Alternatively ...

Fit the piping bag with the star nozzle and pipe swirls on the ‘forehead’ of a cupcake. Decorate with the horn and the ears, then scatter on the sprinkles. Do one cupcake at a time ...

Pipe a swirl onto the cupcakes with your mix and sprinkle over some extra dried coconut as a garnish. James and Lorraine enjoyed tucking into his creations after the cameras stopped rolling!

Fill a piping bag with the batter and pipe into the cupcake cases to about ¾ full ... just give the occasional swirl if needed. Warm the double cream in a microwave or in a saucepan.