Make either the vanilla frosting or the chocolate frosting double the frosting recipes below to make sure there is enough for all 12 cupcakes and frost the cupcakes with a knife or piping tip.
Marble icing recipe.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
1 1 2 sticks 6 ounces unsalted butter melted.
Place the white icing into a bowl and drizzle some red and green icing on top.
The best tool for marbling glaze is a fine artist s brush or bamboo skewer or even a toothpick.
A cake decorating turntable or lazy susan is great you can rotate the cake while piping or dripping the chocolate and again while marbling but not necessary.
1 4 teaspoon fine salt.
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How do you make marble drip icing.
An easy and pretty cake decorating technique.
With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute.
1 1 2 teaspoons baking powder.
1 1 2 cups all purpose flour.
Make swirled frosting using my how to make swirled frosting page as a guide.
Place the frosting with an offset spatula for a better effect.
Allow the cake to come to room temperature before moving onto the glaze step of the decorating process.
Use a toothpick to create a marble effect.
You can also mix but not too much some of the shades to make it look like marble swirls.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
Add more green and red icing on top of the white icing and repeat until all cookies are done.
If you have tried this marble drip icing recipe please rate it and let me know how it turned out in the comments below.
Any of these will make a prettier effect than the classic knife blade.
Handmade paper cornets are needed for piping.
Layer frost the cake with a crumb coat of buttercream frosting freeze.
2 large eggs at room temperature.
Bake the cake layers then allow to cool.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
Using the frosting cover the whole surface area of the acetate leaving some space on the sides for you to hold onto it and place it afterward.
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