do you want to learn how to pipe like this as well as a little bit like this as well
well stay tuned because in today's video i'm going to be sharing with you guys
all the tips and tricks you need to pipe like a pro let's get piping
now to start off you're going to need some piping bags some piping tips and some kind
of frosting today i'm just using my one minute buttercream recipe because it's super easy to
make and beautiful to pipe with now the piping tips that i'm using in this video are the 1M
piping tip which is a star-shaped tip then a 4B piping tip which is like a star 2 but it has a
lot more spikes in it then i've got a 1A tip which is a large round tip and then lastly a 125 tip
which is a petal tip so it kind of looks like the shape of a tear drop now the most important thing
to do before you start piping is making sure that your buttercream or whatever frosting you're using
is at the right consistency so if your buttercream is too soft it's going to pipe like this and if
it's too firm it's going to pipe like this so either of those are you know consistencies that
we don't want now this is the type of consistency that you want for your frosting so you want it
to be stiff enough that if you lift it up with your spatula it you know holds its shape and it
doesn't just fall off but if you give your spatula a little shake it's soft enough that it eventually
falls off and you want your spatula to be able to glide through the frosting nice and smoothly
now another important thing is to make sure that your frosting is nice and smooth so
if it's got too many air bubbles in it then you're just not going to get that picture
perfect piping now two really easy ways to get rid of some of those air bubbles is to
one just mix it on the lowest speed in your mixer using a paddle attachment or two is just to mix
it back and forth with a spatula kind of pushing out some of those air bubbles as you're mixing it
now next you want to fill up your piping bag so i've got a piping bag here and then you
want to grab whichever tip you're going to use so i'm just going to start off with my 1m tip
and then what i'm going to do is i'm going to put the tip into my piping bag i'm going to push it
right to the edge and then i'm going to push it back just a little bit and cut off the tip
now to fill my piping bag i'm going to place it in this tall bottle that i've got but you
can use a tall glass or whatever you want this is just an easy way of filling your piping bag
so you want to pop it into your tall jar and you want to fold the top over around the edges
and now you just want to go ahead and fill in your frostings
and then i'm just lifting up my piping bag and slowly just pushing that buttercream through
and that is our piping bag ready to go and now i'm just going to go ahead
and fill up the rest of my piping bags with the different colored buttercreams
so i've got all my four colors now now let's get piping so let's start with the 1m piping
tip now before you start piping you want to make sure you've twisted and closed the top
of your piping bag otherwise your frosting will start coming out as you're squeezing it
and then you want to hold the top with your thumb like this and then wrap the rest of your hand
around the piping bag and when you pipe you're going to apply some pressure using your palm and
fingers as you pipe so first i'm going to show you how to pipe a simple border using the 1m
piping tip now when piping a border you want to use your wrist to make a circular motion
as opposed to your entire hand so hold your piping bag almost horizontally and place your
piping tip at your starting point and begin applying pressure by gently squeezing your
fingers and palm and begin to move your wrist in a circular motion as you create your border
now we're going to do another border using the same tip but instead of moving your wrist in a
circular motion you're going to move it in a more kind of up and down motion like this
so i'm going to apply some pressure and move my hand in that up and down kind of motion as i pipe
you can also do the same design but not continuously so you just pipe one side swirl
flick your piping bag away and then do the next one on top of the previous one this method might
be a little bit easier to start for beginners next we're going to do a classic cupcake swirl
so for this one you want to move your wrist in a circular motion but your piping bag will
be vertical as opposed to horizontal so you want to apply some pressure in the middle and
start making a circular shape and slightly lift your arm up as your swirl gets higher
next we're going to create another type of swirl except with this one you just apply pressure and
slowly lift your arm up and that is basically it next is a really simple star shape and all
you do is literally just squeeze once and then lift your piping bag away next is a crisscross
shape so you're going to pipe one little swirl out on a slight angle and then pipe another one
going in the opposite direction and you just keep alternating between the two different directions
and you end up with a beautiful crisscross border now lastly is a rosette so to pipe a rosette you
want to follow the shape of a small e so start in the middle go a little to the right and then go
around all these techniques do require a little practice but don't worry you will get there
now next is the 4b piping tip so first is a simple border using a circular motion
so again you're just going to hold your piping bag almost horizontally
and then move your wrist in a circular motion to create the border
next is creating another border but using the up and down motion like we did with the 1m tip
so apply some pressure and then move your wrist up and down
you can also create this pattern by just piping
one shell at a time and this might be easier for beginners
next we're going to create a swirl using the same technique we used to pipe the rosette
so you want to follow the shape of a small e and flick the piping bag away at the end the
only difference this time is that the piping is much more compact and centered so you're keeping
your piping tip very close to the middle next is a cupcake swirl so you want to start in the middle
go around once and then bring the swirl up on top of what you've already piped and then flick it
away next is just a simple shape by just squeezing once and then lifting your piping bag away
you can also create a crisscross shape with this piping tip like how we did with the 1m
tip so just pipe one shell at a slight angle and then pipe another shell going
in the opposite direction and just keep alternating between the two different angles
lastly you can also create a rope effect with this tip so start off by piping the shape of
an s and then continue to pipe that s shape overlapping with the previous s you just piped
next is the 1a tip so the first technique is one of my favorite and it's creating a raindrop kind
of effect so all you do is hold your piping bag vertically and apply a little pressure
and then pull your piping bag up away to give you that tip on the top
you can also create a border using this effect so all you do is use the same piping technique
but place the drops close to one another so that they're touching
now another type of border you can create with this tip is by piping the raindrop at an angle and
then pulling down quickly and then continuing this motion of piping giving you a really nice border
now you can also use this technique to create a
crisscross effect like how we did with the other two tips
so start by piping at an angle and then pipe the same way again but going in the opposite direction
next i'm going to show you how to pipe a swirl with this tip so pipe a raindrop in the middle
and then pipe around it in a circular motion until you reach the top and then pull your piping bag
away to give you that tip on the top now if you're enjoying this video please give it a
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now the last tip i'm going to show you is a petal tip which is commonly used to create
flowers now first i'm going to show you how to do a border with this tip
so you want to hold the piping bag so that the thinner edge of the piping tip is facing
upwards and then you want to go back and forth to create this ruffle effect
now next i'm going to show you how to pipe a basic flower so you can use a flower nail for
this but i'm just using my turntable so you want to start off by holding your piping tip sideways
with the thinner part of the tip facing outwards and then you're going to apply a bit of pressure
and then create a petal now as you continue to create petals you're going to turn your
turntable or flower nail whatever you're using and keep piping until you come back to the beginning
now you can create variations of the petals based on how tightly you pipe the petals
so for example with this next one i'm piping much more tightly which gives me
a slightly different look to my flower now usually when you're piping flowers you want
your buttercream to be slightly stiff my buttercream has softened up quite a bit so
you know the petals aren't kind of quite as pronounced as they should be but yeah
basically you just want to use this general kind of technique when creating a basic flower
now lastly i'm going to show you how to pipe more of a 3d kind of flower using this tip
so you want to start off by actually piping a raindrop using the 1a tip that we just used
earlier and then you want to use your petal tip to slowly start making petals around the dollop
that we just piped with the 1a tip and this helps just to create a beautiful kind of rose effect
and that is all the different ways that you can pipe using only four piping tips
now the best advice that i can give to beginners is to keep practicing i know
it can be frustrating and you might not get it right away but i promise you don't give up
and you will get there i hope you all enjoyed this video and i will see you in the next one