Although they look intricate, buttercream flowers are actually fairly easy to make. Use our easy to follow guide to start piping petals like a pro, today!
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In this Piping Tips 101 guide you will learn how to use piping bags and piping tips to create beautiful buttercream decorations.
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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 important, because temperature affects consistency. I found that working with IMBC, I had to keep the buttercream fairly cool to get crisp flowers. After handling my piping bag for a while, the buttercream warmed up and made piping the flowers a lot harder. To prevent your buttercream from getting too warm, try working with small batches. You can always refill your piping bag with fresh, cooler frosting. If all of your buttercream is too soft, place it in the fridge for 5 minutes, then mix again until smooth. Repeat as necessary until you get to the right consistency. Piping Bags and Couplers Because Russian piping tips are so big, I think it’s easier to work with a […]
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Ah, mums. Those flowers you see for sale outside every grocery store once September rolls around. There are TONS of varieties of mums, but the garden variety that you see most often comes in shades of red, yellow, orange, purple, and white. Icing Consistency To pipe buttercream mums, you’ll want to use a stiff consistency icing. I almost always use Italian Meringue Buttercream for piping flowers. Colors To make your buttercream mums really pop, use two different shades of the same color. One for the center/stamens and one for the petals. For my white mums, I used a very light yellow/green color to pipe the centers. If you’re new to piping buttercream flowers, check out my post How to Make Realistic Buttercream Flowers for an in-depth overview. Tools You’ll need to use a flower nail for these flowers. Cut small parchment squares and attach them to your flower nail with a small dot of buttercream. You’ll also need piping tips #2 and #81. How to Pipe Mums Step-by-Step Pipe a large mound of buttercream to start. This will form the center of your flower and support all of the petals. The larger you make this mound, the larger your flower will […]
