Instructions

1. Make a batch of chocolate cupcakes cupcakes.
2. Make 1-2 batches of our Best Buttercream Frosting recipe (depending on how many cupcakes you are frosting.)
3. Once you have the frosting made, split it into thirds.  Because the three layers of the frosting swirl are not all the same size we portioned our single batch of frosting as follows: Purple:  1 cup Pink: 3/4 cups Blue: 1/2 cup
4. For each Mermaid Cupcake, you will make three swirls of the frosting.  Purple on the bottom, then pink, and finally blue. With the decorating bag and the 1M tip, make one and a half circles of purple frosting around the edge of the cupcake.
5. Next, apply another 1 1/2 circles of pink frosting but this circle should be a little smaller than the purple frosting layer as shown in the picture above.
6. Finally, with the blue frosting, add a third circle but this time finishing with an upward flourish so that the swirl ends in a peak at the top.