Icing design

What are Russian Piping Tips? Russian piping tips are large piping tips with flat ends that have several openings. The openings come in different patterns and produce a full flower when you pipe. Which type of icing is best for Russian piping tips? In order to get nicely defined flowers, you’ll want to use a medium to stiff consistency icing. I like Italian meringue buttercream, but you could also use Swiss meringue buttercream or American buttercream. The temperature of your icing is also…

Video: Cupcake Decorating Tips ~ a quick video and tutorial about how to decorate cupcakes using piping tips

Smooth and delicious classic American vanilla buttercream.

Now here comes a classic! Star tip (Wilton 1M). You can make a classic swirl or create a beautiful rose on top of your cupcake. Start in the center and slowly, but with even pressure, move your decorating tip in a circular pattern around your center.

Icing tips

Fill bag half full with medium consistency Buttercream Icing. Practice with: Tip 104 Icing: medium consistency Positions: Bag: 45° at 6:00 Tip: Wide end touching surface, narrow end straight up With narrow end of tip pointing straight up, squeeze, moving the tip up and around to the left and back to the starting point. Continue around, making a second loop on the right. The two loops will form a figure 8. While holding bag in the same position, return to the center and squeeze out two…

Use this tutorial to learn how to make buttercream flowers for cakes and cupcakes, using Russian piping tips. Simple and easy cake decorating technique!

Perfect Piping Buttercream is the absolute best recipe for frosting cakes and cookies with a great consistency just right for piping your beautiful designs. This luscious buttercream frosting is light and airy with added flavor from vanilla and almond extract.