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Today we're looking at how to pipe these beautiful buttercream flowers using only a Ziploc bag.
No piping tips needed, just a bag and a pair of scissors.
We're going to start with these ones.
What you need to do is make a small triangular cut out of the bag.
I'll show you on an envelope so that you can see more clearly the cut that's needed.
So, you take that little corner out then fill your bag with buttercream.
If you want your flowers to have multiple colors just add two colors of buttercream
at once to your bag and then push it down so that both are heading towards the opening.
Twist it shut and then hold it so that the side which has the pointed bit of plastic
is on top and then just squeeze and pullback all around your cupcake.
Then continue to do that all the way around.
Obviously if you want darker colors, just add more coloring into your buttercream before
you do it.
I wanted a quite a neutral creamy pinkie tone to this one.
Keep going around and then just put a couple one or two more in the middle.
Next, we are going to look at the camellias.
To do that, you need to do a slightly different cut.
Fold over a corner of your bag and then cut towards the corner but not all the way through.
Again I'll show you that on a piece of paper so that you can see exactly what I've done
there.
So fold the corner of your bag over and then just make a slit in the middle towards the
corner but not the whole way through.
Next you need to add a base color if you want to you can use just your buttercream or if
you want a smooth base color use the other recipe that's on the blog post there's a link
in the description below the video to get a smooth finish or you can just use your buttercream
as your base.
Then choose a different color for your flowers and put it in your piping bag.
Then, squeeze.
Lift up.
Squeeze.
Stop.
Lift up.
Squeeze.
Stop.
Lift up and each time twisting the cupcake slightly so that the icing lands in a different
place.
I'll show you that again.
Squeeze.
Stop.
Lift up.
Turn.
Squeeze.
Stop.
Lift up.
Turn.
Squeeze.
Stop.
Lift up.
Turn.
And you can make your flowers as big or as small as you want.
Camellia's are quite a messy so just swirl it around keep going and give a little twist
at the end.
Finally, the rose buds here are super quick and easy to make.
Again fold your bag over and using your scissors, cut towards the point but not the whole way
through just like you did for the camellias.
Next what you need to do is open up your bag and turn the bag and flatten it so that you're
doing the opposite part of the corner.
And then make the same cut again.
It's a bit hard to see on the bags.
So I'll show you again on the paper so that you can see exactly what we've done.
So fold it just like we did before and cut towards the corner but not the whole way through.
Open it up.
Open up your bag.
Flatten it out.
Then fold that over and exactly the same that you did before cut toward the corner try to
make these cuts about the same size.
So to do that you need to fold it over about the same size at each time.
Take the cup cake.
And then twist as far round as you can and then turn back and twist back the other way
a couple of times.
And there you have your rose bud super quick.
So just twist.
I like to twist my hand as far as I can the other way before I start so I can turn it
the whole way around.
And there you have a rose bud super quick and super easy.
If you've got a lot of cupcakes to do, this makes that process very quick and simple.
If you want to make them sparkle if it's for a birthday party or a wedding, just add a
little bit of edible glitter over the top.
This is available in most cake decorating stores.
Thank you for watching the video.
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If you watch the next video, I'll show you how to do the leaves out of butter cream also
just using a Ziploc bag and a three other types of flowers.