How to Pipe a Swirl on Cupcakes
- 1). Place the piping tip in the bottom of the piping bag and fill the bag with icing. Twist the bag at the top and hold it with your non-dominant hand. Place your dominant hand at the piping tip.
- 2). Hold the piping tip slightly above the cupcake at its center and, while gently squeezing the bag from the top with your non-dominant hand, rotate the tip away and counter-clockwise from the center. Do this until the icing covers the top of the cupcake. You will be left with a flat swirl.
- 3). Pipe the icing on the second tier by starting just above the center of the first tier and moving outward and counter-clockwise. Do not frost all the way to the edge of the first tier.
- 4). Place the third and final tier above the second one by piping out from the center and counter-clockwise. Do not pipe to the edge of the second tier. You will be left with a swirl that appears to be done in one motion.
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