The document discusses the pros and cons of buying versus baking cupcakes. It notes that baking allows one to control ingredients to make healthier options, customize sizes and toppings, but buying is preferable when only wanting a few cupcakes, desiring variety, lacking baking equipment or skills, or when it is cheaper to purchase pre-made. The document also provides tips for decorating homemade cupcakes through different piping techniques, toppings, and creative character designs.

1. Cupcakes
TO BUY OR TO BAKE ?

2. AS THE SAYING GOES……
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a
day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a
lifetime.”

3. WHY BUY THEM WHEN YOU CAN MAKE THEM?
When you MAKE cupcakes:
• You can lower the fat and sugar content.
• You can also add dietary fibre.
• You can use natural or organic ingredients instead of
harmful artificial chemicals.
• You can decide on the Size of the cupcake.
• You can reduce or increase the amount of icing on it.
You can MAKE Healthier cupcakes!

4. WHY MAKE THEM WHEN YOU CAN BUY THEM?
You should BUY cupcakes when:
• You just want to eat one or two and not a dozen.
• You want variety not quantity, different flavours.
• You don’t have an oven to bake them in.
• You don’t have the time to make them.
• You must have one immediately and can’t resist the temptation.
• You have no baking skills and your cakes gets burnt every time
you try.
When it is CHEAPER to buy them, don’t bother making them!

5. CUPCAKE DECORATING
Try Doing It Yourself

6. WHICH LOOKS NICER?

7. DIFFERENT PIPING NOZZLES
Use round, star, flower shape nozzles to create different looks.

8. PIPING TECHNIQUES
Using a round nozzle, cream cheese and a red heart topping.
Pipe two drops of identical size in the center on the cupcake.

9. ADDING COLOURING
Using a star shape nozzle with pink coloured buttercream and sprinkles .

10. ROSE DESIGN
Using a star shape nozzle with pink coloured buttercream.
Start from the center and pipe in circular method.

11. USING DIFFERENT TOPPINGS
Add nuts, dried strawberries or chocolate balls.

12. ADDING FRESH FRUITS

13. WITHOUT NOZZLES
Decorating a cupcake without using nozzles and piping bags.
Cover top with buttercream using spatula and dip to coat.

14. GET CREATIVE
Making Cute Cupcakes

15. MICKEY & MINNIE MOUSE

16. ELMO & COOKIE MONSTER

17. ANGRY BIRD CRAZE

18. Now it’s time to ….
Do It Yourself