Kitchen Tip: Two Tone Frosting for Cupcakes
The two tone technique for decorating cupcakes is really a lot easier than you might think and it is so fun. Besides looking pretty, you can flavor the frosting differently to add so much flavor to the recipe. Think cream cheese and blueberry buttercream. Or Lemon and Vanilla buttercream. Raspberry Buttercream with Chocolate.
So I put together a quick kitchen tip to show you how. This time using a new recipe, which I’ll share later this week: Nutella Cupcakes with Nutella, Almond Butter, and Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting.
Kitchen Tip: How to Pipe with Two or More Frosting Types
1. Lay your colors or flavors out in different container to keep them separate.
2. Using the tip for filling piping bags in the Cupcake Piping Tricks kitchen tip, fill the bags (I personally like disposable best) with your designated colors or flavors.
- You will not add a tip to any of these bags. Just the bag and the frosting.
- For bags I like CIA Masters Collection 12 Inch Disposable Pastry Bags or Wilton Disposable 12 Inch Decorating Bags, Pack Of 24. I buy them on Amazon but you can get the Wilton bags at craft stores like Michaels too.
- In this case, I had three frosting flavors: Nutella Cream Cheese, Almond Butter Cream Cheese, and Vanilla Cream Cheese. So after this step I end up with 3 bags each filled with a different flavor.
3. Twist the tops of the bags and cut about a half inch of the ends of each filled bag.
4. Then, you’ll take (in this case) a fourth bag. Snip the end of the bag and add your favorite piping tip to the bag.
5. Now, load all three frosting bags inside the fourth bag with the piping tip.
- Twist the top of the fourth bag so nothing escapes and pipe as usual.
- I usually do a couple of test pipes on a napkin or a cupcake I don’t care about until all three frostings are evenly coming out and any air has passed.
Any questions?
I can’t wait to share the new cupcake recipe with you! The combo of the nutella, almond butter (you could use peanut butter, but Logan is allergic) and cream cheese frosting was absolutely amazing!
Maryea {Happy Healthy Mama} says
What a great tip! I love this.
leslie says
I am loving the frosting in the different bags. I usually put all of different frostings directly in the same bag..But ohhhh, what a pain and it is MESSY! Love this.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
That’s beautiful, I would have never guessed to do it that way, thanks for the tip. I always assumed the colors would be in the same bag, this is a really clever way to do it.
Ticia @ Saving room for dessert says
I can’t wait for the recipe and the cupcakes really are lovely. I was wondering how you did that! You are so smart and creative. Thanks for sharing your successes!
Sues says
These are beautiful! I’m pretty bad at frosting cupcakes in a “traditional” fashion, so I wonder if I could handle this!!
Kat @ Cupcake Kat says
Great tip I’ll make sure to remember this
Can’t wait for the recipe!
Pam says
I love this idea. I would love to have the receipe for the frostings.
Lauren from Lauren's Latest says
That is genius! I can’t believe how easy that is! And, so adorable!
Pauline says
Wow! That’s so cool! It looks amazing, but is surprisingly simple. The almond butter cream cheese sounds cool. I could try doing that with my dark chocolate almond butter. Thanks for the tip!
Debbie says
How clever! they look so pretty, I’ll definitely be trying this!
Kendra says
Are all the icing bags the same size or is the fourth one bigger?
Katie says
They are all the same size, just less full.
Shaina says
Such a cute idea, and what a wonderful tip!
Ela says
Great tip! Thank you very much. Never thought of doing something like this. From now on, I’ll have beautiful cupcakes and cakes!
the kitchen worker says
Oh my God! You’re so clever! Now that’s thinking out of the (piping bags)! *applause*
Elizabeth M says
Thanks for the great tip! I can’t wait until the next time that I make cupcakes!
Michaela says
I love your kitchen tips! I’ve never even thought to wonder how this was done before–I didn’t think I was clever enough to do it. Thanks for sharing!