How To Use Icing Tips With Ziploc Bag

Fold the plastic wrap over the icing.

How to use icing tips with ziploc bag. I am clearly missing a critical step somewhere. My first 2 attempts had icing all over the counter me and the piping bag. When using a plastic Ziploc bag to pipe frosting or as Ive done in the photo filled deviled eggs instead of cutting across the corner cut into it and it will produce a star-like effect so you dont have to insert a decorator tip in the bag.

If you try to change between tips and you have the tip directly in your piping bag it means dumping all the contents of the bag into another bag which is a pain and also messy. This keeps the top part frosting-free and gives you a surface to scrape frosting from your spatula as you fill. The cut that you make in your piping bag should be wide or narrow enough to make the design of your choice.

Use a tall glass. When youre ready to fill the bag grab a tall glass or quart container to stabilize it. Prepare the piping bag.

February 10 2013. They are super easy and quick making them ideal if you need to frost a large number of cupcakes with buttercream. Be sure not to skip putting tape on the corner of your piping bag as this provides much-needed reinforcement.

Squeeze the piping bag while twisting the cupcake around as far as you can in the opposite direction. Insert the tip youll use into the bag to gauge how much to snip. A coupler is a two-part small plastic nozzle that fits inside a piping bag so that you can change icing tips with ease.

What type would you recommend. How to pipe using a Zip-Lock bag. Fold down the top of the bag over the side of the glass to make a cuff.