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.

Source: Decorating Cakes: A Reference & Idea Book

Tools:

Ingredients:

Pink Icing Color
Buttercream icing (medium consistency for flowers, thin for centers) OR
Royal Icing (medium consistency for flowers, thin for centers)
Meringue Powder (if using Royal Icing)

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instructions

Step 1

Hold Bag at 90°. Fit the decorating bag with tip 2D and fill 1/2 full with medium consistency icing. Hold the decorating bag 90° straight up; the tip should be lightly touching surface.

Step 2

Turn your wrist in toward you before piping. Turn hand holding bag, keeping flat of knuckle at 9:00 (right-handed) or 3:00 (left-handed). As you squeeze out the icing, slowly turn your hand to 12:00. Stop squeezing and lift tip away.