Hi Bold Bakers!
Last week I showed you how to decorate a cake with just a spoon and a knife.
This week I am going to show you how to use piping nozzles.
Now what is the point of having all those piping tips if you don't know how to use them.
I went looking for a video online but I couldn't find one.
So we are going to make our own.
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Okay let’s get started on our piping nozzles.
So now let’s start out with the most common pipping tip.
This is a star tip.
This one is number 32.
But the number on your piping tip may vary.
Just take a good look at what it looks like.
So let me know you how to use it.
Here I have a piping bag filled with buttercream.
It is going to go onto our cupcake and you just want to put a little bit of pressure.
And go all the way around.
Now you can see those lovely ridges forming.
This is the shape that our star nozzle makes.
And then just carefully pull it away on top so you can get a nice little peak.
Look at how pretty that is now that is the shape a star nozzle makes.
Okay so next we are going to move onto a round nozzle.
So the round nozzle is now a really common piping nozzle and it looks like this.
This is a number 12 that I have but like a said your number may vary.
So you use the round nozzle very similar to the star nozzle.
We are going to point it down and go all the way around the top of the cupcake.
Applying like medium pressure.
Go all the way around and then a little bit of a peak in the middle.
Now just look how impressive that looks it just great for cakes and cupcakes and it is
really easy to do.
Now we are going to move onto our next nozzle which is a basket weave nozzle.
So check this guy out this is called a basket weave tip.
And it makes beautiful looking cakes.
Kind of like wicker outside.
Now my nozzle is a number 47 now like I said yours may vary.
It is jaggedy on one side and smooth on the other.
So let me show you how to use it.
So for this nozzle just go straight down.
Take your cupcake, do little lines.
Like this.
Using medium pressure on your bag.
And you want to give them a little bit of space in between.
Now we are going to do another line.
Straight down.
Then you might want to turn your cupcake.
This is easier for me to turn it.
And then we are going to fill in these wholes we are going to like this.
Bring it over the line.
Do you see that.
Do you see that we are kind of making a wicker style.
This is so simple to do and it really makes your cakes and cupcakes easy to do.
And then just keep on going until your cake or your cupcake is covered.
Now this might take a little bit of practice, but at the end of the day, it is only a little
bit of frosting so you can always wipe it away and start again.
So there you go.
Thats another really simple technique.
And practice goes a long way.
Next we are going to move onto our closed star nozzle.
So a closed star tip is very similar to a star tip.
As you can see it is closed in on top.
And it will give you a little bit of a different design.
You use this exact this way as you can use a star nozzle.
But I am going to show you how you can make this beautiful shell with it.
So to get this effect it is really easy.
Hold your piping bag at an angle and then pipe a big amount of frosting and then pull
I back.
Big amount of frosting, pull it and stop piping.
Continuously do this design all around your cakes and cupcakes.
You can link them so they are nice and close together so they are really pretty.
So that is our closed star tip.
Beautiful.
Next we are going to move onto our drop flower tip.
So I want you to check out what a drop flower tip looks like.
This is a little bit different than our other tips.
This number is a 106.
And it does exactly what it says it does.
It drops little flowers on top of our cakes and cupcakes.
So this nozzle is really easy to use so just go ahead and use little drops of he flowers.
Over the service of your cakes and cupcakes.
Just using medium pressure.
Keep on going until your whole surface is covered.
Look at how sweet they look.
There you can exactly see why they call it a drop flower tip.
It’s really pretty.
The next nozzle we are going to use is our grass tip.
So as you can see this is a really unique looking tip and the number is 233.
This tip creates grass and fur on animals.
This is really easy to use.
Now all you have to do is put it straight down your piping bag.
Pipe and pull away.
You see the way how it creates those strands you don't want to pipe too much.
And you want to stop piping at the right time.
So practice a little bit with this one and you will get the hang of it in now time.
Just pipe and pull away just like that.
So there you go now how to create grass on cupcakes or even fur on animals.
So our next nozzle goes hand and hand with our grass nozzle which is our leaf nozzle.
So this nozzle creates those beautiful little leaves that you see around roses and pipped
flowers.
As you can see it looks a little bit like a beak.
This number is 352.
Now this is really simple to use.
A little bit like the gras nozzle all you want to do is hold out at an angle.
Put the pressure at the start and then drag.
Now you will get used to how much pressure you can actually put on it.
And how big you want your leaves.
Now you can just put a few of these around flowers.
Less is more they just look so pretty.
So there you go super easy and now you know how to make leaves.
The next piping tip that we are going to use is a rose tip.
So this tip is called a rose tip because it makes those beautiful roses that you see It
also creates ribbons and stacked ruffles.
And so that is what I am going to show you today.
This number is number 104.
So to create a stocked ruffle you want to put the big end of your tip down just like
this and then we are going to hold it at an angle and then all you have to do is go back
and forth and back and forth.
Creating that kind of lovely ruffle effect.
Now this looks really beautiful on cakes even sides of cakes you know when you see those
ribbons.
And there you have it.
You see how fast and easy that was to do.
Now you know how to use 8 of the most common piping nozzles with no fuss at all.
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