Piping Basics- Petal and Ruffle Tips
In this video, you will learn how to create beautiful ruffle and petal piping techniques with buttercream!
These buttercream piping methods are surprisingly simple to master and the results are so elegant and unique.
You can use these buttercream piping techniques to create beautiful borders and accents for your cakes or they can be repeated over and over to cover the cake entirely with piping.
These techniques are great for cupcakes too!
When it comes to piping buttercream, the options are endless. We hope that you enjoy the video!
*Video Updated March 2021
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Materials Used:
Here's a quick look at the materials used in the tutorial for our petal and ruffle tip techniques!
Wilton 104 petal tip (for most of the demonstrations)
Wilton 125 tip (for the large diagonal ruffles at the end)
Ateco 50 ruffle tip as another fun ruffle option
Rose Nail (for piping flowers)
Disposable piping bags
Americolor Deep Pink, Wilton Leaf Green
More Buttercream Piping Tutorials
Thanks so much for stopping by! We have so many more buttercream piping tutorials, as well as cake designs that feature fun buttercream techniques!
Make sure to check out our star tip piping tutorial, as well as our round piping tip tutorial!
thank you for this video i have been trying to figure out how to make a rose bud for months now you are amazing
You are welcome Trina! I'm glad that this helped you! ;0)
I'm trying to watch this video on my iPad & it's telling me I need to get the latest flash player to see this video!
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How do you get the flower off of the parchment/wax paper square and onto a cake?
Hi April, I chill them until firm and then place on the cake. So, I move the piped flowers resting on the squares to a cookie sheet and freeze for about 15-20 minutes or until they are firm to the touch. Then, pick up the flower, peel away the square, and place on the cake.
You can see this in our floral wreath cake tutorial (at around the 10 minute mark): https://www.mycakeschool.com/buttercream-floral-decorating/
There are alternatives (like using a flower lifter to move the flower from rose nail to cake) but I find chilling much easier.
Thanks so much for the lesson! Can't wait to learn this and have fun with my grandchildren too!!
Looks so easy! Great video!