Ive always been interested in baking, and decorating so I decided to buy a piping bag to decorate my straight from the box cupcakes. I saw some nice ones in Williams Sonoma, but as usual I figured that I could find them cheaper online. So I went to my go to online shopping spot, Amazon. I browsed around and decided to go with the Ateco 14-Piece Cake Decorating Set. It had 12 tips which I figured would be good a good starter set.
Now that I bought the KitchenAid I have been baking everything from scratch, but here are some of my decorating feats from my from the box/can days.
My Grandma bought me some mini cupcake tins for xmas so I decided to try them out with regular box chocolate cake mix. I decorated them with melted chocolate and vanilla frosting. (These 4 pictures courtesy of a wonderful photographer, my roommate Andrew)
This is a cake I made for my friend Ryan after he got a promotion. It was a white cake box mix. I made marshmallow fondant and tinted it blue, and attempted to tint the frosting a darker blue but it didnt work out as well as planned. This was my first attempt working with fondant. I made the marshmallow fondant with a recipe I found on About.com. For my first attempt I think it turned out okay, but I would go with a different shade icing next time.
Lastly, these are some cupcakes I made for a party. I used white icing from a can, and tinted it with food coloring. I used various tips from the Ateco Decorating set.
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