How To: Frost a cupcake with a spatula for beginners

Please do us a favor and preserve your cupcake's modesty by dressing her nakedness up in a sweet parka of strawberry-flavored royal icing. While we're aware of the challenges that frosting a cupcake produces (we've had plenty of occasions when we've ended up with more frosting on ourselves than on the cupcakes), this video lays it out easily for anyone to follow.

In this video, taken from the opening day of Cupcake Royale on Capitol Hill in Seattle, your instructor will teach you a very basic way of adding icing to a cupcake via a spatula.