Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2017 | Page 35

Step 6:
Step 5:
Remove stencil
To pipe a basic shell, hold the piping bag at about
a 45-degree angle, at the 6:00 o’clock position,
with the tip slightly above the surface of your
cookie. Squeeze the icing out of your piping bag,
then relax the pressure and pull the piping tip
towards the surface of your cookie. Let go of the
pressure completely, lift the piping bag away and
repeat.
Using your buttercream icing in a piping bag fitted
with an #18 star tip, pipe a few shells for the rim of
the hat.
Step 7:
Using a #18 star tip, pipe a swirl of icing for the pom pom of
the hat.