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Shark Fin Cupcakes

MATERIALS

1 dozen cupcakes, with decorative liners, made from a recipe of your choosing

A batch of vanilla icing

Blue and black food dye

3 piping bags

1 colour swirl set: linking tips, coupler, 1M piping tip

Sea themed decor: edible pearls, shark fins (in this case, I made them from fondant), etc.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Divide the icing into 3 equal parts.

2. Dye each part – white, light blue, and dark blue.

3. Fit 3 piping bags with linking tips from the colour swirl set.

4. Fill each bag with a different colour of icing.

5. Clip each of the linking tips together.

6. Screw on the 1M tip and the coupler.

7. Practice piping the icing to ensure that the 3 colours combine into swirls.

8. Pipe your wavy patterns onto the cupcakes in 3 offset rows.

9. Add fondant shark fins and edible pearls for decor.

10. Enjoy your wavy creation!

If you do not have a colour swirl set, you can use one of these techniques from Handle The Heat!

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