Cupcake decorating hack: melt buttercream to make perfect heart shaped frosting!

My cupcakes always taste great but look terrible so this is a life saver!!

GUYS!!! Buttercream is a SOLID at room temperature. That’s why we have to MELT it to make it a liquid to pour it into the mold in the first place. It will not melt once you take it out of the freezer!!!! Edit: YES, the cupcake will then be COLD. You don’t eat it cold though. You let it sit at room temp for about 10 mins till it’s a normal temperature again.

I did not need to know how to make solid buttercream discs of joy. I really didn't. Screw the cupcakes, someone hand me the silicon sheet and no one gets hurt.

I like the 3D effect on the cupcake😊

Prettty but ain't no way I'm bitting into this much buttercream.

An easy cupcake decorating hack: melt your buttercream, pour it into a silicone mold (I went with a heart shaped one for Valentine’s Day!) then place a cupcake on it upside down, freeze for about 20 mins, and VOILA! Essentially no skills required for a perfectly shaped buttercream heart cupcake 🩷 #cupcakes #valentines #valentinesbaking #valentinescupcakes #buttercream #bakinghacks #bakingtips

A Rose mold would be great too ❤❤❤

I just can’t stop thinking about how good that would taste

I only make Italian Meringue Buttercream (it's perfectly light and slightly sweet) so this is AMAZING!

I love storing cakes/ brownies/ cupcakes in the freezer it makes them even more soft and moist after they thaw. I have a bunch of smaller candy molds I’m going to try this out in. Great idea, Thanks!

Game changer for tiny decorations on top of buttercream too

If you want less buttercream/frosting then im sure you can take a spoon and coat the sides of the mold (like you would to make a cocoa bomb) then either leave it empty or add fruit, jelly, gelatin, chocolate, basically anything and as long as you just add another layer of the frosting (so it sticks to the cupcake I'm sure it would still work.

Buttercream frosting is my archenemy. This hack just saved my life 😮

Asking genuinely not being an azz but wouldn’t t this make the buttercream dense and not light and fluffy? It seems like it would change the texture and taste and turn the buttercream into a block of sugar butter? But I honestly don’t know I’ve never melted buttercream, I wonder if it does do that would a whipped cream or maybe an ermine frosting work well For it?

I think I'd like to try this with mousse. Just pour it into the mold before it sets. I'm having a hard time imaging doing this with buttercream. The idea of carefully aerating a nice fluffy butter cream and then melting it down kind of breaks my heart.

That is so clever!! I’m not the best when it comes to decorating, but this would certainly improve my skills!

If you find its too much buttercream, just use a smaller mold

Omg! I never would’ve thought of this. Cute little tips and tricks to make our life easier without using hard chocolate. Thank you for this! :-)

I love the valentines desserts! They’re so pretty! 💕💕💕

What happens to the buttercream when it comes to room temp? Does it hold its shape?