Wilton Tip 1M

I have recently added several cupcake blogs to my google reader. Each and every day I am dazzled with new pictures of cupcakes decorated with swirly icing that looks like an ice cream cone. I have to recreate this technique to no avail. Finally, on Thursday I had the nerve to sent a flickr mail to one of the individuals  who added their cupcakes to the blog I was reading.

Jessica, aka The Cupcake Princess was kind enough to reply that she uses the Wilton 1M. I was super glad that she was really nice about that because I have sent out questions via flickr mail before and have been told that "secrets should not be shared online." Apparently photographers refuse to help others learn their photoshop secrets.....to make a long story short, I hope that Jessica is paid forward for helping me understand how she created her look.

My little cupcakes look nothing like hers, but I was very, very happy with the result.





I've got work on swirling the frosting higher, I have a few mishaps attempting that, but all in all I would say its a success. All of my neighbors can plan on having cupcakes delivered to their homes since I have 10 cake mixes left to bake from my cake classes and they are burning holes in my pantry!