How to Pipe a Dogwood

Instructions

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1. - Tint medium consistency icing with the petal color and a small amount of icing with the flower center color.
2. - Fit one Decorating Bag with the petal decorating tip 104 and fill no more than 1/4 full of petal colored icing. Fit a second Decorating Bag with a round decorating tip 2 and fill no more than 1/4 full of the center colored icing.
3. - Using a dot of icing, attach a Pre-Cut Icing Flower Making Square to the Flower Nail.
4. - Hold the Decorating Bag fitted with tip 104 at a slight angle (45°), with the wide end of the tip lightly touching the center of the nail; the narrow end is pointing out and angled 1/4 in. (6 mm) above the nail surface.
5. - Using consistent pressure, move the tip away from the center. Use a curve-dip-curve motion as you turn the nail 1/4 turn, letting the spin of the nail form the heart-shaped petal.
6. - Relax pressure as you move the tip back to the starting point to form the first petal. Stop squeezing and pull the tip away.
7. - Repeat to form the remaining three petals evenly positioned around the nail. The flower will be the size of the entire Flower Nail.
8. - Using tip 2 and the center colored icing, hold the bag straight up (90°). Pipe a cluster of dots in the center of the flower.

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