How to Make Flower Gallery Cupcakes

Bake and cool cupcakes.

Tint Icing. Tint icing orange, pink and purple. Use Colour Right base colours and QuickCount colour formulas to tint icing in the following shades:

Spring Orange (formula 1375): 2 cups icing + 2 C + 5 O + 18 Y
Spring Pink (formula 224): 2 cups icing + 1 BK + 23 P
Spring Purple (formula 252): 2 cups icing + 1 B + 15 P

OR Use Wilton Icing Colour Gels, Violet, Orange and Rose Pink

Decorate Cupcakes.For pink 5-layer ruffled flower: Use tip 104, a disposable decorating bag and pink icing to pipe spiralling layers of ruffles, starting at edge of cupcake.

For pink ribbon rose: Use tip 104, wide end down, and pink icing to pipe a ribbon rose from centre to edge of cupcake.

For orange ridged petal flower: Use tip 104 and orange icing to pipe a tri-level rosebud.

For purple winding flower: Use tip 104, wide end down, and purple icing to pipe cornelli lace on cupcake top.

For purple rose bouquet: Use tip 104, flower nail and purple icing to pipe seven ribbon roses for each cupcake with three rows of petals. Position one rose in centre of cupcake and six roses around centre.

For multi-coloured flowers. Use tip 104, narrow end up for pointed petal flowers, wide end up for rounded petal flowers. Pipe two upright petals, side by side. Alternate colours as you cover cupcake.

For orange curved petal flower. Use tip 104 and orange icing to pipe three layers of petals.