Food hack: How to make two tone icing
Pimp your cupcakes with this easy trick to make two tone icing. It really is a simple as it looks, with no extra equipment needed. Pipe swirls, flowers or blob onto top of your cupcakes or cake to make them look vibrant and perfect for special occasions.
If you’re looking for a new cake or cupcake decorating technique to add to your repertoire, check out this easy two tone icing trick. Made in just a few simple steps, this easy icing will transform your basic cupcake or simple cake into a show stopper!
This easy hack shows you how to make perfect two tone buttercream every time, without the need for any extra equipment. Pipe swirls, flowers or blob onto top of your cupcakes or cake to make them look fun and vibrant for special occasions.
All you’ll need to create this effect is a batch of basic buttercream and your two favourite colours. We opted for yellow and pink food colouring.
- Split your buttercream into two portions and colour one the first colour and then the other batch with the second colour.
- Add the buttercream into a piping bag, one colour at a time, making sure one colour sits down on one side and the other colour sits down on the opposite side of the piping bag.
- Push the buttercream down towards the nozzle, squeezing the bag slightly.
- Pipe onto your cupcakes or cake and watch the magic happen before your very eyes!
TOP TIPS: Try with pastel colours, neon colours or theme your cakes for Christmas or birthdays. We used cupcakes to show you how simple it is to make this two tone icing but you could decorate bigger cakes with this technique too.
Give your two tone icing even more of a twist by not only picking different colours, but choosing different flavours too - how about chocolate and vanilla? Lemon and lime? Cherry and almond? You could match the flavour and the colour accordingly.
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Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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