Cupcake Icing question

by Tanya
(Canada)

I have a cupcake icing question. Which one is better for using on cupcakes. Your wedding cake icing or your cake decorating icing?

I want to pipe swirls on the tops. And how long do both of those icings last till they go bad?

Wedding Cake Frosting


Hi Tanya,

The Wedding cake frosting, also know as Italian Meringue, is the one I would use for your cupcake icing.

The cake decorating frosting (also known as royal icing)on this website is great for making snowflakes, flowers, lace, string work and for intricate piping onto fondant.

Both icing's need refrigeration and to be covered well. The decorating frosting has egg white in it and the butter cream does too.It will stay fresh in the refrigerate for a few weeks. The decorator icing (royal) is best used right away but you can re whip it if needed, but you may need to add additional powdered sugar to thicken it a bit. You can freeze the buttercream and it will keep much longer.

Here are a few related cupcake posts for you.

This one is on transporting them.

A delicious coconut cake recipe for cupcakes from Alice and a page with cupcake stands and ideas.

A giant cupcake from Yani, a regular reader and poster.

The Hungry Caterpillar made from cupcakes with suggestions on practicing piping swirls and using fondant to decorate the cupcakes with.

And a helpful post on preparing 300 cupcakes ahead of time.

If you are interested in looking at cupcake wedding cake ideas see examples of cupcake tiered wedding cakes here.

You can find all of my cupcake icing recipes here in one place. All of the wedding cake recipes can be converted to cupcakes as well.

Thank you for visiting and asking a great question! Hope that helps.