Hellooo there and happy Friday!! 😄😄 Today I am very excited because we are testing out RUSSIAN PIPING TIPS aaand this video is a collaboration with Orly Shani from The DIY Designer!! You might recognize Orly from Home and Family on the Hallmark channel, Fashion Star on NBC, E! News, and more! Needless to say, she is super talented, accomplished, and an overall wonderful human being 😊 I got to meet her when I was on Home and Family, and we decided to put together a RU-vid collab!! Hope you enjoy, and be sure to check out her video on some amazing DIY Fendi-inspired flower bags!! I am IN LOVE with them!! 😍😍😍
Rachel: i know everyone hates when i use the word moist, but idk what else to call it A few videos ago: I know u guys love it when i use the word moist 😹😹😹😹
Hi! I was wondering if you could do like a baking supply tour, to help other bakers and followers what your closes and stuff look like. Thanks for being awesome!
Maybe next time u need thicker frosting u can freeze it a little so that u don't have to add extra sugar to the frosting. That worked for me in the past, but it was when I was using a star tip, but it might work for those tips too.
If you don't want the frosting so sweet but need it that consistancy, just add a little bit of salt to it to cut the sweetness. That always works for me when I need to make thick frosting.
I love the Russian piping tips, I have 4 sets. I got 2 different sets like the ones featured in this video along with the ball tips and the ribbon tips. Most of the tips you do need very thick frosting but some will work with Swiss meringue buttercream, they take some practice to figure out but once you do they are a very easy way to make flowers. Some of the tips are good for taller flowers while others can only make very short flowers like the ones in the video. Also I have found the flowers look a lot better if you use two colors of frosting one color for the outside one for the middle. If you do have these tips experiment with them, you can gets lots of different effects by twisting the piping bag as you squeeze or piping at different angles.
I have a set of Russian piping tips, and my favorite is the one resembling a cherry blossom. I found that if you use butter straight from the fridge(not softened) and whip it in an electric mixer, it does help with the stiff consistency since its not room temp.
Yesss this is my favourite recipe tooo. I use the same recipe to make red velvet except some adjustments to the amount of cocoa and some red colouring. It's heavenlyyyy.
I watch a video when they used 2 colours in the piping bag, the petal color along the sides of the bag and yellow in the center, the flower ended up more realistic looking. I so thinking about buying those, looks so pretty.
This turned out so cute, I SO agree.....the frosting had to be super thick to achieve the flowers. My husband bought me the entire set of 30 and in playing with them about a year ago it took me about 5 hrs of wanting to pull my hair out and crying wondering what I was doing wrong to figure out the frosting was the issue. Now they are my only go-to lol. 😍✔💯
Your smile is sooooooo contagious,it's like your smile never dies out!!😍😍😍😋😋😉😉this is by far the best!!your like always smiling that's what puts your channel over the top!!luv you 🌸🌸
Hi Rachel! I have Russian piping tips too! I used a cream cheese frosting instead, and found getting around the sweetness level and shape holding ability for cream cheese to be more forgiving with this type of piping. Hope this helps!
If you don't want it too sweet, add one scoop powdered sugar, one scoop cornstarch. It worked for me. It stiffens it up without making it overwhelmingly sweet.
I also have a russian tip and it didn't look good either with normal butter cream consistensy. I added more powdered sugar to but put in some salt to avoid making the icing taste too sweet :) . The icing was still thick even with the addition of the salt.
Hi Rachel I've been a fan for more than 5 years I love your kawaii baking and love how much I have seen you grown you probably won't see this but HI ILY ❤️
I tried the piping tips out before but gave up on my lumpy flower-ish shapes, because I didn't know my frosting wasn't thick enough XD Thanks for the advice!!!
It happened to me too when i first tried the russian piping tip,i was wondering why it doesn't form a shape like many other people did. So i pop into the fridge to firm the buttercream for couple minutes and it turns a lot better
Hello Rachel, have you tried to put the frosting in the freezer for half an hour before piping tne flowers on the cake? Let me know if you'll try and if it works! Anyway, good job, I like your recipes very much.
I just wanted to say thank you for the improv buttermilk tip! I buy a jug when making cake, but always end up throwing the rest away. For the homemade kind would it be better to use a higher or lower fat milk? My husband and I are polar opposites on milk so I always have fat free and whole milk in the house. Eitherway thanks again!
Cookie Gift Can Queen sells Sweetex Hi-Ratio shorting on Etsy for home bakers in small quantities for professional tasting icing. Just wanted to share with my fellow bakers a great find
