How To Use Piping Tips

The way to pipe it is like piping a drop flower.

How to use piping tips. Wipe the tip of the nozzle clean before starting your design. Easily fixed by letting the buttercream dry a bit and then push up the flowers where needed. Watch me do this in my Two-Toned Frosting Rose video.

Then you can decorate cookies cupcakes or cakes. If your tip becomes blocked use a toothpick to loosen the lump then squeeze carefully to remove the block. This will help the piped flowers stickand it also creates a prettier surface.

Pipe as many flowers as you want. This one made really pretty taller tulip flowers. The trick is to practice holding your leaf tip at different angles to find out what works for you.

Fit your piping bag with a Russian tip and fill the bag with buttercream. Piping tips that help you create pretty leaves are handy for adding quick detail to floral cakes and cookies. Release the pressure when youre at ¾ of the desired size and continue pulling your piping bag up until the buttercream separates from your Russian piping tip.

Apply pressure to the bag until buttercream starts poking through all of the openings. How to use Russian piping tips. Check-out the wide range of piping techniques weve assembled to help your next bake stand-out.

Divide your buttercream into batches and tint. Apply steady pressure to your piping bag while simultaneously pulling directly upwards as straight as possible. I have to admit I was intrigued by them.