How should i decorate cucpcakes for a 21 year old?

Question

my best friend is turning 21 and having a high-class kind of party. at the same place we always party, except you have to dress nicely.

she knows i love to bake and hinted at wanting cupcakes, so im going to make like a few dozen but i dont know how i want to decorate them, which is very important!?

i want them to all have a smooth surface, by heating frosting to smooth over the top but i dont know where to go from there. im not using fondant so i cant just stamp something pretty onto it...what should i do?

Answer 1

get frosting in a tube and over the frosting thats already on there put poka dots on it

Answer 2

add a m&m on top of the frosting. WHO DOESNT LOVE M&Ms????or use sprinkles.  

Answer 3

You could make roses out of the fondant and then some leaves. If you put 2 or 3 roses per cucake you could get some green pipcleaners and lay them around the bottom on the bunch of roses. Or wrap the tissue paper for flowers around the pipecleaner stems, leaving some poking out and make it look like a bouquet.

To make fondant roses make a small ball for a center. Then pinch off more balls. Roll them into oval shapes and flatten out with your fingers. Making it oval a little bigger. Wrap around the all center and pinch together at the bottom lightly rolling the tops out.

You could also roll out and make another flower such as a daisy instead of roses deending on your friends fav flower.

Answer 4

If you're going upscale, try something unusual rather than common, like chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing in the center (not too hard to do if you add it prior to baking) or Pina Colada with toasted coconut. You can also decorate the top with the icing as you mentioned or you can use a piping bag and create artistic patterns on the top (free-form lines and contrasty patterns look awesome on cupcakes and always sold well in the bakery I once worked).  

Answer 5

You and your friends should make chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with 21 made from icing then over coated with sprinkles to show class and a little food creativity

Answer 6

Flake chocolate bars - crumble them over the top of the cupcakes and on each cupcake put a little individual candle and light before serving - even for the guests - nice gesture I think

:-)

Also, you could try a piping bag with red coloured icing sugar and make little red love hearts and a "21" above each little heart

Have fun with your friends - what a lovely best friend you are

:-)

All The Best

Answer 7

frost a p***s on it :)

Answer 8

You could use cooked frosting, and drop mini Oreos on top.

You could find decorative picks at a good cooking shop or store like Williams-Sonoma, etc.

Have fun!

Answer 9

just with frosting