I love to bake! Whether it’s cake, cupcakes, cookies, brownies – you name it, I love to bake it. I also love to decorate what I bake, especially cupcakes. Usually when I bake cupcakes, I use Devil’s Food Cake Mix, but this time, I used Pillsbury’s Moist Supreme Dark Chocolate Premium Cake Mix. Talk about a yummy cupcake!
The Dark Chocolate Cake Mix was good paired with either Pillsbury’s Peppermint Flavored Frosting or Pillsbury’s Holiday Funfetti Frosting in Garland Green Vanilla or Rudolph Red Vanilla. Not only were they bright colored frostings with fun sprinkles, but they tasted yummy too (even enough to eat a little right out of the container). I also love how easy the frosting was to spread on the cupcakes and to use in my decorator bags!
TIPS FOR DECORATING CUPCAKES:
So, I mentioned that I love to decorate cupcakes.
Well, I have a few handy tips for you on how to easily decorate your cupcakes.
1 – Use Disposable Decorating Bags. I am all about the ease of decorating. I have a few different Featherweight Bags, but I prefer to use the Disposable Decorating Bags so I can just throw the bag away when I’m done. Depending on the frosting, it can take some time to really get your Featherweight Decorating Bag clean.
2 – Use different tips for different looks. I have a large variety of decorating tips and love to change it up when I’m decorating! For decorating cupcakes, I like to use Tip #22, #32, and #199.
3 – Swirl your colors. Ok, so this is the first time I’ve ever attempted to swirl my frosting colors and I really liked how it turned out! Plus, it was so easy to do! I already had the red and green frosting in their decorating bags and simply combined the two in another decorating bag. I do think next time that I’ll remove the tips before squeezing the frosting into the combined bag, just so the pressure is more even.
4 – Top your decorated cupcake with festive sprinkles to add color and character. When decorating cupcakes, I love to add sprinkles or sparkle. Something to really make the frosting on the cupcake pop! With Pillsbury’s Holiday Funfetti Frostings, they already come with the sprinkles, which is awesome!
A big thanks goes to Pillsbury for this fun baking (and eating) opportunity! Be sure to follow Pillsbury on Facebook and Pinterest for new products and special promotions.
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How do you like to decorate your cupcakes?
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I like yellow cake with vanilla frosting. I love decorating cupcakes with colors, sprinkles etc
My favorite is chocolate with buttercream frosting and I like thave it whipped and then the frostinting put hgh like a ice cream cone. The kids then put sprinkles on them
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I like strawberry cheesecake cupcakes with cream cheese!
Chocolate on chocolate!
I love chocolate cupcakes! I usually use buttercream frosting and sprinkles on top!
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I like white cake with vanilla frosting– sometimes I decorate with sprinkles.
I like my Homemade Carrot Cake Cupcakes with homemade whipped Cream Cheese Frosting. So yummy! Thanks for a chance to win!!
I love white cake with cream cheese frosting and some sprinkles on top.
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I love chocolate cupcakes ad love to decorate them with sprinkles
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I love vanilla cupcakes and I decorate the with pink frosting for my daughter.
probably red velvet and i like them decorated with sprinkles
My favorite cupcake is chocolate with vanilla frosting….!
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My favorite is cupcake is chocolate with buttercream frosting!
I like chocolate cupcakes and I decorate them with vanilla frosting
My Favorite Cupcake Is Chocolate, I Like To Decorate Them With Frosting And Sprinkles.
my favorite is chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting, I decorate with sprinkles.
I love yellow cake with almost any flavor frosting. The Pampered Chef Easy Accent Decorator works great for fancier jobs but my favorite cupcakes are the ones my kids decorate.
I like red velvet cupcakes with heart shaped sprinkles
I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and sprinkles!!
red velvet with cream cheese frosting
I like vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing. I usually decorate them with sprinkles.
Thank you!
I love red velvet cupcakes and I would want to decorate it with a giant heart on it!
i love chocolate cupcakes and i like to slather dark chocolate frosting all over them
I actually don’t have one particular flavor that I like to use. I like to change it up every time I make cupcakes! I do use icing tips to decorate them though. It’s so much faster and prettier than just spreading the icing on. You can even do it when the cupcakes are still slightly warm and it doesn’t rub the cake off! I haven’t used toppings over the icing, but you’re cupcakes are super cute so I’ll have to try!
german chocolate with coconut pecan frosting
I like chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing and I like to decorate cupcakes with colorful sprinkles or sugar crystals.
I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting and sprinkles.
I like chocolate cupcakes… When I Do decorate them… it’s by theme… I’ve used candies, sprinkles, etc…Normally I try to stay away from picks, though…
My favorite is yellow cake with fudge icing. And I like to decorate them as footballs.
I like Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
I like any kind of chocolate with cream cheese frosting
I like vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles.
i love red velvet cupcakes! with sprinkles!
I love that Dark Chocolate cake; I buy it whenever I see it.
I love vanilla!!! I like bright frosting!! =)
red velvet cup cakes with cream cheese frosting,,oh my how good
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I love carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I decorate it with a candy carrot
Chocolate is my favorite …and I like shaved chocolate on top of the chocolate icing. 🙂
I like a basic vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting. Simple but delicious.
My favorite is Red Velvet with Cream Cheese icing no other things needed!
My favorite is red velvet and I just decorate with cream cheese frosting, lots of frosting!
I like vanilla with chocolate icing.
I like chocolate with chocolate icing and sprinkles.
I like vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles.
I like vanilla cupcakes! I like yellow or white cake with vanilla frosting.
My favorite is peanut butter chocolate. I decorate pretty simply – usually with a few sprinkles!
My favorite is lemon or red velvet cupcakes.I like to decorate with rainbow frosting and rainbow cake layers.
I like chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. I decorate them with sprinkles.
I love a vanilla cupcake with dark chocolate frosting!I don’t like anything fancy on top…maybe some chocolate shavings.
i like vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting.
Chocolate flavor, strawberry icing and white violet candies for for decoration.
My favorite is Spice with a Browned Butter frosting.
I love cheesecake flavored cupcakes. But it really depends on who’s making it.
I like vnilla with chocolate frosting
I like vanilla with chocolate frosting and spinkles on it
I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing! Normally I just decorate with some sprinkles!
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting
I like the funfetti cupcake with vanilla frosting.
My favorite color depends on the holiday. I like at add sprinkles.
We like chocolate cupcakes with buttercreme icing.
I love capuccino or coffee flavored cupcakes. Love to decorate it with chocolate
I like red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
My favorite flavor cupcake is chocolate and I would decorate it with chocking icing and chocolate sprinkles.
I love a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting! I used to make cupcakes a lot for my kids school functions and have fun decorating but now all the school will allow them to bring is prepackaged treats which takes all the fun out of it for sure.
I like traditional vanilla/white cake cupcakes. I like cream cheese frosting and the tiny ball sprinkles are fun.
Love carrot cake!
I love making german chocolate – so rich and delicious.
I love raspberry cheesecake cupcakes. I decorate them with fresh raspberries on top 🙂
I like applesauce spice cupcakes with buttercream frosting and sprinkles.
Thank you.
buttercream nutella frosting
I love vanilla flavor and I usually decorate simply with sprinkles.
I like vanilla cupcakes with a bit of vanilla frosting
Those look delicious! I love vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing!
I like vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting, I hate sprinkles
white and whipped, with my granddaughter
My favorite cupcakes are white cake with cream cheese frosting, maybe some sprinkles on top or colored frosting
I love chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and tons of sprinkles!!
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My favorite flavor of cupcake is vanilla, which I like to decorate with buttercream frosting and lots of sprinkles. 😉
I like carrot cake cupcakes with light cream cheese stevia frosting!
I commented on the Day 1 of the Chrysler Blog-Off post – http://www.themommy-files.com/2012/02/day-1-of-the-chrysler-blog-off/ (Deanna).
Chocolate on chocolate w/sprinkles on top.
White cake with buttercream frosting
I love carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Boy, could I go for one right now!
My favorite is chocolate and I like to decorate them with different colored icing
we love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing!
I love Funfetti cake with Rainbow Chip Frosting! Definitely a kid at heart!
I love chocolate on chocolate 🙂
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I love chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. I decorate with lots of sprinkles!
I like chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting. I usually don’t decorate but sometimes add a couple of raspberries.
I commented on the Making Pillsbury Chocolate Peppermint Cookies post.
http://www.themommy-files.com/2014/01/making-pillsbury-chocolate-peppermint-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-347405
Your cupcakes so amazing! Great tip on how to frost with the two colors at once.
My favorite flavor of cupcake is vanilla with lots of vanilla frosting that I just apply with a knife.
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I like carrot cake cupcakes, but I don’t decorate because I’m not artistic.
I love chocolate cupcakes! And it just needs some vanilla frosting. No frills. I don’t like the crunch of sprinkles!
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My current is strawberry with strawberry frosting!
My favorite cupcakes are just yellow with chocolate frosting and some sprinkles.
I love chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting & a few sprinkles!
i love strawberry cupcakes with strawberry frosting
I like vanilla cupcakes the most. I just smear on some frosting and if I’m being fancy I add sprinkles.
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chocolate with PB frosting.. I usually just spread the frosting on top.. nothing fancy.
our kid’s favorite is ice cream cone cupcakes
any flavor cake decorated with chocolate & vanilla frosting done in a twist like in this post but with a big tip so you can pull up like ice cream on the cone
CHOCOLATE OVER CHOCOLATE ALL THE WAY ! YUM
I love white cake with chocolate icing the best
My all time favorite cupcake is funfetti with whipped icing!
I live carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that is green–because that’s my daughter’s favorite color! Thanks for the giveaway.
Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting
I like chocolate cupcakes with coconut frosting and we usually decorate with sprinkles cause my son is addicted
I like chocolate cupcakes with white icing and chocolate sprinkles.
My favorite flavor cupcake is made with Pillsbury’s Moist Supreme German Chocolate Cake Mix and I like to decorate them with the Coconut Pecan icing in the centers & then Chocolate Fudge icing on the top yum! now I want to bake lol love your double bag icing tip* that’s genius thanks!
My favorite cupcake flavor is vanilla with cream cheese frosting 🙂
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My favorite flavor is chocolate, and I love to decorate mine with frosting piled high! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting and lots of sprinkles 🙂
My favorite it vanilla with minimal icing. My daughter on the other hand could eat the icing by itself lol
my fave flavor of cupcake is chocolate with chocolate icing.
I like red velvet cupcakes the best with a simple cream cheese frosting !
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I like chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting.
We like swirled cupcakes and just bought some fun Spring colors and flavors (pink lemonade and orange dreamsicle) to try out. Our favorite stand-by frostings are cream cheese and buttercream.
I love any cupcake but my favorite is chocolate. I usually have my grandkids ice them, they love it.
Red Velvet and sprinkles!!
My favorite cupcake is white cake with icing and those pearl decorations…lots of icing though
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chocolate! with lots of sprinkles and a cherry on top! yum!
blueberry
My fav cupcake is German Chocolate & I love to decorate with cream cheese icing with lil silver colored balls
I like to express myself with cooking. My family’s favorite is anything with coconut. I like to toast the coconut to top off cupcakes and cakes.
I like to express myself with cooking. My family’s favorite is anything with coconut. I like to toast the coconut to top off Classic White cupcakes and cakes.
I love carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
I love blueberry cupcakes and just decorate it with cream cheese frosting.
I love chocolate and caramel cupcakes. I like to pipe the frosting on, but I don’t really do much else to decorate them. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate or buttercream frosting
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Chocolate is my favorite, I like to decorate them with frosting and crushed candy bars, m&ms or sprinkles!
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My fave is red velvet and I love to just have the plain old cream cheese frosting on it…
I like red velvet with cream cheese icing.
I like the lemon and strawberry flavored ones. I usually just decorate them with a white frosting.
My favorite is vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting… but it has to be homemade. I do still love a bit of sprinkles on my cupcakes 🙂
I like vanilla and like to squish the frosting into the center and then cover with lots of sprinkles!
My favorite are strawberry cupcakes with vanilla frosting. I like to decorate them with sprinkles. Thanks.
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I like lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream icing
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It would be Apple Spice with a cinnamon frosting
my favorite cupcake flavor is strawberry and I love to icing them and put sprinkles or different decorations on them
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