Brain buttercream

[Laura]

for blood-clot-and-brain themed cupcakes from Not Quite Nigella:
http://www.notquitenigella.com/2009/...-for-tomorrow/

Brain buttercream

•250grams butter softened
•4 cups icing sugar
•2 tablespoons milk
•Red and Brown or Black food colouring
Beat butter in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, beat in sifted icing sugar and milk in two batches until fluffy. Add in a couple of drops of red and brown or black food colouring until a grey pink shade is reached. My black powder has a very green tinge so I used red and brown and a small amount of black at the end. Gels are better as you don’t need very much and I find that it’s easier to accidentally use more liquid colour.



To decorate

1. Fit a piping bag with a plain 8mm nozzle and fill bag with brain shaded buttercream.

2. Visually divide the cupcake in two to represent each hemisphere of the brain and pipe squiggly lines on top. You can’t really go wrong as the brain matter squiggles go in all sorts of directions. Fill in any gaps with a dot of buttercream.