I am needing to pipe icing ducks on cupcakes. I have no idea where to start to try to learn to do this, any suggestions? Also a bear on the cupcakes would look cute. Ideas on both are appreciated. Thanks in advance, anytime I have a ? I just turn to this site- Misty
Wilton has a stork on their site...might be able to take the "basics" from this and make your duck!
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/stork.cfm
Here is the teddy bear!
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/teddybear.cfm
Thanks. I can definitely use the bear, but I'm iffish on the turning a stork into the duck, I did find a chicken, but I'm not sure that'll work either, I'm not too creative with things like that, so that's why I came to this site.
I think the stork would work great for a duck. Just take out the steps for the legs and neck. Body piped right on top of cupcake and head piped directly onto the body. You could even pipe little feet after he's put together. How cute, post a pic when you get them figured out!
Here's my idea:
Pipe a comma/paisley shape (same technique you'd use to pipe a basic shell) with a large round tip, such as Wilton #12. This will be the duck body. Turn up the skinny end of the comma shape as you pipe (this is the tail). At the fatter side of the body, pipe a round dot/bead shape for the head. Use a small tip, such as a #1, 2, or 3 with a contrasting color to pipe the beak, dot for the eye and possibly wing detail or feet.
Here are some ducks piped on a baby shower cake.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=duck&cat=0&pos=96&search=duck
Thank you all so much for the ideas, I may still try some of these, but I ended up going to Michaels and buying the duck candy mold, since I couldn't find the duck candies that I used on my other duck cake. Thanks again for the advice. Misty
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