Creative Cupcake Decorating - The Eyes Have It

They say the eyes are the windows of the soul ~ I don't know if that's true or not, but when it comes to cupcake decorating the eyes certainly have the ability to add character to any cake - it's certainly a tip I give to anyone attending one of my cupcake decorating classes.

When it comes to kids and cupcake decorating, they love it to be able to make something recognisable or fun - and one of the best ways to do that is to add eyes. After all how many times have you been presented with something that looks like nothing more than a splodge of buttercream on cake and you've had to say 'That's lovely ~ what is it?'.

Eyes turn things into something, and give character - take the swirly whirly monsters above for example, without the eyes they are no more than a swirl of multi-coloured buttercream. With the eyes (and tongue) they take on characters all of their own.

Of course eyes can be added to almost any cupcake design, be it a flower, swirl of buttercream, or random assortment of sprinkles - it's a quick and simple trick of adding life to your cakes without any tricky techniques.