The WRONG Way To Pipe! Common Mistakes When Piping Buttercream | Georgia's Cakes

Can't quite work out why your piped buttercream or icing just doesn't look right? Here is a detailed tutorial comparing the right and wrong way to pipe. If you're seeing something familiar in the wrong section, then this tutorial should help you fix it! Let me know what you think in the comments!

Tips used:
01:30 : 1M star
02:30 : 4B star
03:10 : 366 leaf
04:00 : 67 leaf
05:32 : 104 petal
06:56 : 234 grass
08:20 : 2 round

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[LunarLina]

I found this more helpful than watching someone do it correctly the first time. Thank you!

[darianchristie]

One of the best ways to learn something is to discover what it feels like when it's incorrect, then what it feels like when it IS correct, and compare the difference. Well done!

[Olive_O_Sudden]

It's not just pressure but truly the position of the tip relative to the surface and whatever is being piped. The mistake with the rosettes is that the tip is too close to the surface and it's being dragged through the rosette itself. The round tip is a really good example of the common mistake of treating the surface as if it's paper, piping bag as if it's a pen, and the medium being piped as if it's ink. The best description I remember from my beginner days for the round tip is to use steady pressure as if you're producing a strand of soft spaghetti, and then using your whole arm to shape the drop of that strand.

[shirleylewis]

This was so helpful. I have been using the petal tip the wrong way!! I couldn’t understand why my ruffles were fat and ugly looking! Thank you so much for this tutorial! ❤

[pamelab]

Very helpful! As I watch you I realize my buttercream tends to be a bit too thick so I need to thin it out more. As far as the grass tip goes, I made some dinosaur cupcakes and was piping the grass the “wrong” way, so the blades of grass were quite limp…however, I explained that since dinosaurs were walking on it, they squashed the grass😜

[LucyBarker-sfwv]

Please do more, with different colors., great voice for teaching 🙌🏽

[stephaniet]

Thank you! I’m a beginner and this video helped me A LOT! 👍🏼😀

[rharesh]

Thanks for the post ma'am, it's a very informative video but my mom says the first and arguably the most important part is getting a good consistency to your icing. She said air bubbles are bad for pipping medical student Malaysia 🙏

[dra]

Brilliant! Cannot wait for your book to arrive Georgia 😊

[CatherinePeprah]

Please do more, with different colours, thank you for teaching as the correct way o

[lillianaimokilus]

Wow, just finished piping my daughter's cake to bring to school and was struggling with what piping tip to use and I see this.. Very informative and helpful..❤❤❤❤

[Mibenavidez]

Thank for you posting this. There's not enough videos Like this that show you how to improve technically. ❤🎉 well done. I'm refreshing myself and I found this extremely helpful. 🎉

[stepgamerdad]

I'm a total beginner when it comes to piping and decorating pastries, so this video was very helpful. Thank you very much.😁

I love baking, cooking, etc. So much so that I sometimes wonder if I missed my calling by going into my current career lol.

[elizabethaimone]

Loved this tutorial! Please, make more of these! Great teaching!

[a.c.]

Very helpful and this gave me an idea of where I should start before venturing on to decorating.

[Legendary_blank]

This video was very helpful for me, I’m currently practicing to become a cake decorator at my job and I was able to see a lot of the issues Ives been having and how to fix them. Thank you very much for taking the time to make the video.

[hana]

Awesome Video, Thank you very much for showing me how to pipe correctly Georgia. 😃

[melaniehargreaves]

Thankyou❤ been watching you for a while and you are such a fab teacher. This was very helpful 😊💕

[marthaesporlas]

Thanks much for sharing this informative video🥰🥰

[patriciastuckey]

I really enjoyed this learned a lot❤❤❤