Tutorial Tuesday: How to make an Easter chick cupcake!
Easter is just around the corner so in this week’s tutorial we show you how to create a cute and simple Easter chick cupcake; fun for all ages to make! Why not play with colour combinations, flavours, sprinkles, piping tips etc to create fun characters or different types of birds for parties or new seasons.
What you need…
A cupcake (or cupcakes depending on how many you would like to make. Don’t be afraid to experiment with flavour)
Yellow buttercream
Orange buttercream
Lemon crystals or yellow sugar sand crystals
Black gel colour by Wilton
2.5 round writer tip
510 closed star tip
Kebab stick
Spatula
Step one: Using the spatula spread a generous amount of yellow buttercream onto your cupcake as evenly as possible. It doesn’t have to be perfect as it is only there to stick the lemon crystals on securely.
Step two: Place the lemon crystals on a flat plate and dip and roll your cupcake around in the crystals until it is fully covered. Now your chick has a ‘fluffy’ look.
Step three: Dip the flat end of the kebab stick into the black food gel and place your eyes accordingly. This may take a few goes as the lemon crystals may stick to the gel.
Step four: Using the 510 closed star tip pipe a ‘V’ shape on either side of your chick then pipe a line in the middle of each ‘V’ to create wings!
Step five: With the 2.5 round writer tip create another ‘V’ between the two wings for a beak.
Step six: Now it is time to give your chick some feet. Using the 2.5 round writer tip pipe three small lines pointing towards the base of the cupcake.
If you’ve followed this step-by-step tutorial you will now have your very own Easter chick cupcake! Why not experiment with colour and create a collection.
