Knitted Novelties Cupcakes
Extract from Decorating Cupcakes & Cookies • By Frances McNaughton and Lisa Slatter • Published by Search Press
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Decorating Cupcakes & Cookies
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You Will Need
Small amount of white
Sugarpaste
for the ends of the knitting needles
Candy Sticks
from sweet shops
White
Frosting
Food Coloring
: I used yellow, green and blue to match the cases, but choose your own colours
At least seven
Cupcakes
(can be domed or flat)
Piping Bag
s
Plain
Piping Tube
No. 3 or No. 4
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Step 1
Mix your chosen colours into the white frosting and place each in a piping bag fitted with a plain piping tube.
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Step 2
Pipe straight lines across each cake as shown, to look like loosely rolled balls of wool.
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Step 3
Pipe a spiral line down one of the candy sticks and push the end of the stick into one of the cupcakes.
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Step 4
Continue piping loops in rows along the stick to look like knitting.
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Step 5
Push the other candy stick into the same cupcake.
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Step 6Dampen the top ends of the candy sticks and press a small flattened ball of sugarpaste on to each one.
