Simple Piping, Stunning Results (DVD + Streaming)

Start by creating luscious American-style buttercream, and use it to coat your cake in super smooth icing. With your cake prepared, it’s time to start piping! Discover how to use a round tip to pipe pushed petals, Chantilly lace and lettering. Next, bring lovely rosettes, all-over shells and fabulous fan textures to life with star tips. Then, switch to petal tips, and create breathtaking ruffled designs such as curved rainbows, tempting tapered patterns and more. Plus, use grass and leaf tips to pipe multicolored pom-pom decorations and enticing holiday designs. Along the way, you’ll get plenty of inspiration for using these techniques to create dazzling finished cakes of your own.

NOTE: If you’d like to purchase only the DVD for this class, you may do so through this link. (Please note, any class PDF materials are not on the DVD itself. You must have streaming access to download those materials associated with the class.)

Introduction to Piping: The Round Tip (28:35)
Learn the basics of filling a piping bag with Amanda’s guidance. As you practice piping several simple motifs, you’ll see how easy it is to create lovely effects using different levels of pressure. Plus, play around with color to enhance and brighten your designs!

Star Tips: Large (12:02)
Add striking motifs to your cakes using star tips! Starting large, Amanda shows you several quintessential piping techniques. In addition, you’ll learn how to create a Neapolitan rosette, an easy all-over cake design with endless color, size and style variations.

Star Tips: Small (20:44)
Create sophisticated cake designs and textures using a smaller star tip — and Amanda’s easy-to-learn techniques. In the process, you’ll discover how to achieve a wide range of dazzling effects from this incredibly versatile tip.

Petal Tips: Simple Ruffles (20:48)
Learn a simple basic ruffle, generally considered a more difficult technique but made accessible with Amanda’s step-by-step demonstration. Alter designs as you change the direction of your piping, add patterns by changing icing color and even pipe two colors at the same time from the same bag!

Petal Tips: Patterned Ruffle Designs (17:35)
Expand your petal tip techniques — and create fun design variations — by learning how to ruffle on a curve. Then pipe along with Amanda as she makes her stunning and vibrant rainbow cake!

Miscellaneous Tips (12:22)
Learn how to use common tips in new ways to create updated piped looks sure to inspire! In addition, practice Amanda’s pom-pom technique and discover how to make holiday designs that are perfect for seasonal cakes.

Amanda Rettke is a baker, cake decorator and stay-at-home mom. Ever since she created her now immensely popular blog, iambaker, Amanda’s passion for baking, decorating and photographing her delicious creations has only grown. Amanda’s sweet treats can be found in 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies, and Cakes and her own book, Surprise-Inside Cakes. Her desserts also have been featured on The Martha Stewart Show and in the December 2010 issue of Brides Magazine.

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