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Frosting Tips — How to Use Pastry Bags and Cones

Posted on Jun 18, 2012

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Frosting tips for perfect piping and icing cakes, cookies and desserts

Learn frosting tips from a cake decorating pro

Have you ever wondered how to use a pastry bag to frost cakes, cupcakes, cookies and other desserts? Cake and food crafts are among the most delicious, and once you've learned the simple technique of piping with frosting tips, you can begin to decorate desserts with ease. Just grab some basic supplies like a pastry bag or parchment paper, small, large and star-shaped frosting tips (plus plastic couplers), and a basic buttermilk frosting. Cake expert Liv Hansen shares how to change your frosting tips to get different effects, like a shell border or basic alphabet letters.

This cake decorating tutorial is courtesy of Howdini.

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