How To Cut Disposable Icing Bags

Swirly icing used to dress cupcakes or for decorative elements on frosted cakes is made by using a star shaped nozzle in a piping bag.

How to cut disposable icing bags. Now that your nozzle tip is poking out the bottom of your piping bag you can start to fill the bag with icing. You roll them to form a cone. Using scissors trim off the tip of the pastry bag along the line you marked.

The 8 size is ideal for detail work and piping. I like being able to see the icing colors through the bag. They put out a thin line of icing for writing.

If you dont have a reusable piping bag you can still use a nozzle with a disposable piping bag. There is no room for mess unlike silicone bags. Make sure to cut while the seam is in the middle to ensure a straight cut.

After the milk is gone take scissors to the existing hole at the top of the bag and cut open the end so one end of the bag is now completely open. I honestly dont see the fabric kind that often but the disposable bags are available in most craft stores. Disposable Piping Bags.

Push the piping tip down into the bag so that the opening of the tip protrudes through the hole in the bag. It is all part of the fun. They are relatively affordable and overall ergonomically comfortable.

Use for cake icing cupcakes pastries cookies decor thick buttercream frosting. If you have disposable piping bags cutting the tips at different sizes is a great idea. Tipless piping bags are thin disposable pastry bags that usually have a very small or non-impacting flapping seam.