You'll Never Frost Cupcakes Another Way Again After Learning This Trick

Holding the piping bag with the thinner side of the tip facing up, pipe the bud of the flower on top of the mound of frosting. To make the bud, pipe two slightly oblong pieces of frosting. To enclose the bud, pipe two oblong petals of frosting around it, as shown.

Continue piping petals of frosting around the initial bud and petals. To keep things symmetrical, center each petal around the pointy ends of another petal, making an arched half-moon shape up and over the ends of the petal. As you continue to pipe layers of petals, the strips of frosting should become longer and less arched. Each layer of petals should have roughly three to six half moons of frosting.