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Now we're going to learn one of the most basic piping
techniques, which is a dot.
The dot is so versatile.
You can use it for piping borders,
tiny little Swiss dots, and you can even
use the larger tips for piping big fluffy cloud decorations.
To pipe dots, you need round tips.
We'll be using the 3, the 4, the 12,
and the 2A, which is a significantly larger round tip.
We'll be using medium consistency icing, which
is easier to control, and it'll make a nice smooth dot.
First, I'm going to show you how to pipe a little dot with a tip
three, and then I'm going to switch it out for a tip 12,
so you can see a little bit larger dot.
I'm going to be holding the bag straight up and down slightly
above the surface.
So I'm on the surface just a little bit above just
to give the some space to build up.
I'm going to squeeze, and as the icing builds
I'm lifting the tip with it but not away from it.
Stop squeezing and pull up just a little bit,
and we're going to make a circular motion with the end
of the tip to remove the point.
A pullout dot creates a peak instead of a perfectly round
shot.
To create a pullout dot, form the dot
and then continue squeezing and pull up and away.
Decrease the pressure as you reach the length that you'd
like the pull out not to be.
The pullout date looks great when
you're piping really fluffy icings
or making meringue kisses.
So now I'm going to quickly change out my tip 3 for a tip
12, because I want to show you how to make a bigger dot.
Again, I'm going to raise the tip
keeping it buried in the icing.
I'm going to stop squeezing, pull away slightly,
then scrape off the point using a circular motion.
Sometimes you'll get little peaks on the top of your dot.
You can dab your finger in some confectioner's sugar
or cornstarch and Pat those peaks
very lightly with your finger.
Also the harder you squeeze, the bigger the dot.
So even with one tip, you can get lots of different sizes.
So now we're going to do some pull out dots
with the tip number 12.
I just love the pretty peaks, pretty soft peaks
that this forms.
This is so much easier, because you're just forming the dot
and pulling away.
So easy to do.
You just saw me make that using the 3 and the 12 tip.
So you know how that looks like in action,
but I also want to show you the tip 5 and the tip 2A.
So I'm just going to give you a little comparison here.
This is the three, and you can see the pull out
and the round dot.
This a little bit bigger.
It's the tip 5, the pull out and the round dot.
You saw me make the tip 12 already,
but just a side by side comparison, the pull
out and the round.
And this is the really big dot, the tip 2A,
and you can see how that makes a really fluffy meringue kiss
type dot.
So these are just a few of the round tips that you could try.
I encourage you to experiment with other round tips
for different looks and sizes.
These cute little pom pom cupcakes
were made using the tips that I showed you today.
The larger is the 2A, the blue one is the 12,
the little green is a 5, and the tiny little yellow
is your tip 3.
And so that's how you pipe dots.
You want to make sure you try classic
and pull out dots and then experiment with tips
for different looks and sizes.
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