Hey guys and welcome back to my channel Cakes by MK. In today's video i'm going
to be showing you guys how you can pipe in six different ways using only one piping tip
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so let's start off by taking a closer look at the piping tip that we're going to be using
so this here is a Wilton 1M piping tip and it's basically a large star tip nozzle and
it's super popular because you can use it in so many different ways. Now before you start piping
you want to make sure that you've got some really nice smooth buttercream or whipped cream depending
on what you're using. If you've got too many air bubbles in your buttercream then it's just not
going to pipe as well so a tip to remove air bubbles is to let your buttercream mix on a
low speed in your mixer for about five minutes or so and you can also hand mix your buttercream so
kind of in a back and forth motion like i'm doing here and this will help to smoothen everything out
now once your buttercream is ready to go it's time to set up your piping bag. So i'm
just popping my 1M tip into a piping bag which i have cut at the tip so my nozzle can get through
now to fill your piping bag an easy way to do this is to hold the piping bag in your hand
then pull the top of the piping bag backwards over your hand so you have like a clear opening
into your piping bag, then you just want to go ahead and start filling it with buttercream. Now
as you're filling it with buttercream you want to push the buttercream down slightly
towards the tip so it creates more space at the top for you to fill with more buttercream
and then once you're done just unwrap the sides of the piping bag, give your
piping tip a little shake and then twist the top to secure it and then
gently push the buttercream out until it starts to come through the piping tip
and that's it now we're ready to start piping. So the first design i'm going to show you guys
is a simple round swirl border on the top of your cake. I'm not actually sure how to describe these
designs so i'm kind of just making my own names up. So what you want to do is grab your piping
bag and hold it horizontally on the top of your cake and then you're going to move the piping
bag in a circular motion as you pipe the design and use your other hand to turn the turntable
now you can also pipe this using two hands if you're not comfortable doing it with one hand
and you'd simply just pipe, turn the turntable, then pipe again. Now the key here is to keep your hand
and arm in the same position and only use your wrist to create that circular motion and this is
going to help achieve a consistent swirl around your cake. Okay so let's get piping so i'm just
applying some pressure to squeeze the buttercream out and then i'm starting to create that circular
motion with my wrist as i pipe and i'm using my other hand to turn the turntable. Now if
you need to stop for some reason, sometimes your hands might get sore or you may need
to adjust your piping bag, simply just stop and then just start piping again where you left off
and then once you're back at the beginning then that's basically it
you're left with a really classic design on the top of your cake
now the next design is a high swirl now this one is really easy and all you need to do is hold your
piping bag vertically on top of your cake and then just apply some pressure to squeeze out
the buttercream and slowly lift your piping bag up as you squeeze more buttercream out
and that's basically it so you just want to continue to do the same thing all around the
top of the cake. Now excuse my very unsmooth and discolored buttercream on my cake, I was
using leftover buttercream that i had to cover a styrofoam cake for this video
because i really wanted to show you guys how the designs looked on top of the cake instead
of just piping it onto some parchment paper so in between each design i just kept scraping off
and re-smoothing the buttercream on the styrofoam cake so yeah it doesn't look too great but it's
okay it's a piping tutorial so as long as the piping on top of the cake is smooth then we're good
now the next design is one of my favorites and it's a really beautiful rosette cake
so i'm starting off on the bottom half of the cake and what you want to do is mimic the shape
of the small letter e as you pipe the rosette, so you go a little to the right then go right around
now this first one that i piped didn't come out great so i just scraped it off and started again
and i left this part in here because i just wanted to show you guys that it's totally okay not to get
it right all the time and if it's the first time you're piping with a new technique then
i would recommend practicing on some parchment paper first then go ahead and pipe on your cake
so like i said earlier follow the shape of a small e as you pipe
so start in the middle go a little to the right then right around and let go
now once you've finished the bottom row then start piping the next row of rosettes on top
and a good starting point is piping in between two of the bottom rosettes and this will help
to cover any holes so that less of your inner cake is showing through the rosettes
now once that row is done you're going to start piping on the top
edge of your cake at a slight angle so part of the rosette is
on the side of your cake and part of it is on the top of your cake
and then once that's done simply fill in the top with more rosettes
it's nice to kind of overlap them a little to give your cake a bit more
height and then yeah you're basically all done
now the next design is a classic side swirl. Now what you want to do is hold
your piping bag at a slight angle above your cake
apply some pressure so your buttercream starts to come out and then as it starts
to come out lift up your piping bag slowly and then bring it back down to the top of your cake
and then lift up the piping bag again, pushing back slightly as you lift the piping bag and then bring
it back down to the top of your cake and then just keep doing the same thing all around the top
you can also do the same design as a border on the bottom of your cake
and that's it a classic side swirl done
the next design is a half cupcake swirl so what you want to do is hold the piping bag vertically
above the cake, apply some pressure and as the buttercream comes out move the piping
bag in a circular motion and lift up the piping bag slightly as you make the swirl
from this angle you're able to see the circular
motion that i'm creating with my hands a bit better
and that's it beautiful half cupcake swirls all done
now the last design is an inner swirl and please just excuse the very holey buttercream
on my styrofoam cake. Now what you want to do is hold the piping bag horizontally in front
of you then start piping by slightly bringing up your piping bag and then bringing it back
down to the top of the cake. It's a similar motion to the side swirl i showed you guys
earlier but in this case you're bringing the swirl into the middle of the cake
so you're just going to keep piping in that up then down motion
all around the edge of the cake then once that's finished just do the exact
same thing in the middle of the cake so that the top of the cake is fully covered
and that's it a classic inner swirl all done.
So there you go six different ways to pipe using only one piping tip
there are actually so many other ways that you could pipe with this piping tip as well this
was just kind of six common ways that i showed you guys but you know totally get creative, play
around with it you know and you can totally create your own designs and patterns as well
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