Swirled Icing

When you go to a bakery and you see those pretty multi-swirled cupcakes sitting so perfectly in the case, have you ever wondered how they do that?  Well, wonder no more!  I give you the secret to multi-color swirled frosting, Superbowl style (yes, I'm slow on the posting, sorry).  

You did remember to make mini-cupcakes right?  These were corona cupcakes with a lime buttercream frosting.

Step 1: Prepare your bag like you usually would for icing.  Mix your gels to get the desired color for your swirls (in this case it was a navy blue and orange).

Step 2: Take a toothpick and make lines up the inside of your pastry bag.  For this I did 2 lines of each color on opposite sides of the bag, but you can do just about any number of lines and colors as you want.

Step 3: Pipe your frosting onto the cupcakes as you normally would.

TaDa!

Go Seahawks!  Go Broncos!

(what can I say, the Jets weren't playing)

Moose Tip:

When baking cupcakes if you do not have enough to fill every spot in the tray fill the empty chambers with water, this will keep your tin from scorching in the oven.