Piping Tips

Continuing on from tools, shaped piping tips are what make the magic happen. This portion of the guide is entirely dedicated to different types of piping tips, what shapes they make, and what those shapes can be used for.

This is not an exhaustive list of frosting tips. These are simply a good arsenal to accomplish most frosting-based aesthetic goals.

Covered in this section:

  1. Open Coupler
  2. No. 2 Writing Tip
  3. No. 3 Writing Tip
  4. No. 4 Writing Tip
  5. No. 7 Balloon Tip
  6. No. 10 Balloon Tip
  7. Star Tips
  8. Quick Flower Tip
  9. Rose Petal Tip
  10. Leaf Tip
  11. Basket Weave Tip
  12. Chrysanthemum Tip


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1. Open Coupler

This was briefly touched on in the previous section, but the Open Coupler has plenty of uses in actual finished decorating. Using it makes a large, rounded shape, and is excellent for balloons, large daisy patterns, enthusiastic borders, or placing a blob of color



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