Basic Decorating Techniques

Bachelor Button

This handsome flower is an excellent choice on men's cakes and in summer floral arrangements. Bachelor buttons look terrific in blue, white, pink or lavender.

Practice with Tips: 1, 5, 16

Icing Consistency: Medium Royal Icing

Positions:

• For mound and center stamens, 90°
• For star petals, 45° at 3:00 (9:00)

Hold Tip:

• For mound, slightly above center of nail
• For center of nail, lightly touching center of mound
• For star petals, tip touching edge of mound.

Flower Nail: #7

1. Hold bag at 90° angle to flower nail, lightly touching surface. Pipe tip 5 dot base.

2. Pipe a cluster of short pull-out dots in the center using tip 1.

3. Using tip 16, cover the remainder of mound with stars. Start at base, then work toward center.