The Best Frosting Recipes To Use With Russian Piping Tips
A good buttercream recipe is simply the most important thing you should have when using the Russian Piping Tips.
Russian Piping Tips work by pushing your icing through the tip and creating a flower and petal shapes based on the tip you are using. This is the reason that Buttercream frosting is considered to be the best frosting to use with Russian Piping Tips. You need a steady and stiff icing so you’ll get each shape and details of the tip. If the cream or frosting you are using is too soft, you’ll not get the desired details since the cream will collapse and will not be steady enough.
Two things you should know about the buttercream, the recipe is important but also the buttercream temperature. If you have a good buttercream recipe but your buttercream is too soft, it might not do the job.
In this fantastic tutorial by Renee Conner , a guru when it comes to using Russian Piping Tips, she’s testing some recipes which can work with Russian Piping Tips. She also explains the pros and cons to each one, simply a must watch the video to understand the importance of the frosting and its texture. She also included her very own recipes for all the frosting she has tested.
There’s no doubt that using Russian Piping Tips comes with a learning curve, but without a good frosting that will fit those tips, it’s impossible to create those stunning flowers. Keep in mind that the Russian Piping Tips need a steady yet smooth frosting in order to create the decorative flower on your cakes and cupcakes. As long as your frosting is stable, your flowers will come out beautifully.
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16 Comments on "The Best Frosting Recipes To Use With Russian Piping Tips"
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Ann Marie Daly
March 11, 2017Thanks for the tips!!!
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Debbie S Cunningham
May 6, 2017what is your recipe for american buttercream to use with russian piping tips? links aren't available. :(
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Debbie S Cunningham
May 6, 2017i can't find the link for the american buttercream recipe to use with russian piping tips.
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B
May 12, 2017How do you make the flowers with two colors?
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ghazala Ahmed
June 21, 2017Cannot find butter cream recipe
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Cathy williams
June 21, 2017I'm using stiff buttercream but the icing sticks to the tips &I will not release, thereby destroying the flowers. What can I do to correct this?
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Team
July 17, 2017Hey Cathy, Do you mean once you squeeze and release the flower doesn't stick onto the cupcake? if that's the case you need to spread a thin layer of buttercream on the cupcake so the flower can stick to it. If the buttercream is too stiff and it doesn't come out from the icing tip, just leave it in a warm place for 10-15 minutes and try to pipe again, It's possible that the butter was too hard.
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Es
June 27, 2017These are GREAT and lots of fun!!!
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Sandi
July 13, 2017Is there any other decnt recipe not using buttercream. It doesn't stand up in the Australian heat.
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Team
July 17, 2017Buttercream can be tricky, I agree, if you are located in a warm country, try not to melt it too much, you can also add more icing sugar to thicken it or even instant pudding. Try to work fast - if you feel the cream is too runny, place it in the fridge for 30 minutes and try to pipe again. Once you reach the right texture it will become much easier to understand next time what exactly you need.
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Tonya
July 17, 2017About what temperature should we be looking for in our buttercream? I like swiss meringue best as it's less sweet, but can't seem to pipe much with it without it melting very quickly. I have the hardest time with my Russian tips. I use Gretchen Price's SMBC by the way, which is a modified Swiss Meringue.
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