How To Set Up A Plastic Piping Bag

Using a spatula fill the pastry bag 12 to 23 full otherwise you risk the icing popping out the backside of the pastry bag when you are pipping.

How to set up a plastic piping bag. With the bag stretched taut around a 34 pipe the 12 body pipe is slid inside and contacts the membrane. Fill the bag no more than 23 full. Once you have filled it use a thread or rubber band to secure it tightly.

Now that one hand is free you can hold the jar or glass with one hand. These can be excellent for people who do not play often or want a more maintenance free set up. Position the third pipe a foot or two in front of the stone.

Lace the tip on the coupler and usethe coupler ring to secure the tip to the outside of the icing bags. Bring the tip to where you want the center of the swirl to be. With your free hand using a spoon long spatula an offset or rubber spatula works well fill the bag with frosting or filling a third full when piping small designs.

Position the twist of the bag in the crease between your thumb and forefinger. Drones and the chanter make sound by vibration of the membrane the plastic bag. But giving it a go a couple of times Im finding that its both easy and very beautiful on a bag making it look more finished.

This causes the membrane to vibrate. If youll be working with the icing for a while consider using bag ties or twist ties. Repeat this process for all of the colors and types of icing you have.

When you put pressure on the piping bag to squeeze out the icing it should not come out from the other end. Keep holding the bag and drop the edges of the bag around the glasss rim. Some bags let quite a lot of.