5 Best Of How To Decorate Cupcakes With Multiple Colors HD Image Size. To swirl your cupcake icing using plastic wrap lay a piece of plastic wrap on your counter. Separate frosting into three bowls add gel food coloring to each I used lemon yellow sky blue and super red.
Canned frosting is good for spreading on cupcakes with a spatula because the consistency is so soft. Lay out a piece of plastic wrap 16 inches long. This bright white frosting makes your tinted colors show true and the quick-dry texture will help keep your decorations firm and in place on your cake.
Repeat with the second color or flavor spooning it parallel alongside the first color.
Spoon one color or flavor of your buttercream frosting in a log down the center. This video shows you how to frost a cupcake with two different colors - a swirled frosting effect. My preferred method is to put each frosting into its own piping bag. For a more controlled look you can fill your piping bags with the different tips and pipe out long strips of color.