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Swirl Drop Flowers
Drop flowers are a great way to add flowers quickly. Pipe drop flowers in buttercream directly on your cake, or pipe in royal in advance and place your flowers anywhere. Flowers will be sharper in definition when piped in royal.
E-Motion
E-Motion works best for bottom borders or western lariats. If you need to change positions while piping a border, push in tip at the end of the “e” and continue for a smooth look.
Roses
Create this magnificant rose—the most popular icing flower of them all. With practice, your roses will have the just-picked look of real fresh garden roses!
Shell
The Shell is the most popular icing technique of all. It’s the basis for many borders, fleurs de lis and more. Lift the tip only slightly when piping to avoid a bumpy look.
Sotas
The lacy texture of Sotas looks great on borders, outlined areas and as a background for flowers. Use only a small amount of thinned icing—this puts less pressure on your hands.
Vines
Curving vines gently rise and fall to add a beautiful touch to your floral cake. They work wonders as a cake side accent.
Zig Zag
The Zigzag is a popular way to fill in outlined areas, perfect for ribbed sweater and cuff effects. You can also use tight zigzags to cover the entire side of your cake—they look great!
Clouds (with color mist)
Creating Clouds with Color Mist™ is a breeze! Because Color Mist works like an airbrush, you can add the subtle color variations needed for a cloud background on your cake top.
Star Drop Flower
Drop flowers are a great way to add flowers quickly. Pipe drop flowers in buttercream icing directly on your cake, or make them in advance using royal icing and place your flowers anywhere. Flowers will be sharper in definition when piped in royal. The star drop flower is the easiest to make because the tip does all the work for you.
Balloons
Let your cupcakes mirror the party décor. Make the balloons piped on top the same color as the real balloons you use as decoration!
1M Swirl
Here is another quick way to decorate your cupcakes or cakes. It just takes minutes to pipe a fancy iced swirl and add colorful sprinkles.
Ball
The ball shape makes bold borders and is the first step to learn for figure piping. Vary the basic look by adding stars, dots or spirals on the ball shapes.
Dots
Pipe dots for flower centers, faces, figure piping and border effects. When making large dots, lift the tip as you squeeze to allow icing to fill out completely.
Grass
The grass tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the grass tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out. Our step-by-step video shows you how!
Heart
Go ahead, show them how much you love them by embellishing your cakes with these sweet hearts.
Outline
Characters or designs are often outlined first, then piped in with stars or zigzags. Outlines can also be used for facial features.
Ruffle
Ruffles add a decorative top border to your cakes or cupcakes. Pipe ruffles around plaques or to trim doll dresses or bonnets.
Star
The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the star tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out.
