[MUSIC PLAYING] If you're brand new
to piping flowers, piping a star drop flower
is the best place to start. It's so simple, and you can
make very beautiful designs with just a little effort. Because we're working with tips
that have a lot of grooves, it's important to use
medium consistency icing. If your icing is
too stiff, you're going to have a
hard time piping, and your tip might
even get clogged. If your icing's too
thin, the petals just won't hold their shape. For this technique, we're
going to need drop flower tips, and I have a variety
of drop flower tips that we're going to try. I have a 1B, 1G, 2C,
2F, 225, and a 109. We have different
sizes, and they're all going to produce some
really unique blossoms. I have a bunch of bags
in different colors already fitted with
drop flower tips, so I can show you what these
are going to look like. I'm going to start with
a decorating bag that's fitted with a 1B
tip, and I'm going to hold the bag straight up
with the tip just touching the surface. You're almost hovering here. If you press your
tip down really hard, you're going to end up
with a hole in the middle. If you just lightly
touch the surface, you'll give enough room for the
icing to build up underneath, and you won't have any holes. Start squeezing, and let the
icing build to form a flower. Stop squeezing, and then
we pull the tip away. That's really important. If you don't stop
squeezing, you're going to get a lot of texture
going upward, which is fine if that's the look you're going
for, like if you're piping a hydrangea, for example. But if you want to
remain somewhat flat, stop before you pull away. You can also pipe a
center if you like. That's just totally up to you. I'm going to go
ahead now and show you the rest of these tips. [MUSIC PLAYING] These flowers are so simple. If you make a
cluster of the 1Bs, it's going to start to
look like a hydrangea. The 109 is really
interesting, too, and the petals are
more turned out, and that's because of
the shape of the tip. When you're done
piping the flowers, you can add centers
to add a little bit of extra pop of color. If you want some tips
on piping centers, watch out How to Pipe a
Center video, where we'll go into a lot more detail. Here's a really simple, colorful
project using the star drop flower technique. It's such an easy way to add a
pop of color to everyday treats like cupcakes, cookies,
and you can even do it on brownies and pies. If you pipe in royal,
cover a cookie sheet or a cutting board with
parchment, let it dry, and pop it off. If you pipe in buttercream,
it's best to pipe directly on your cake
or cupcakes like I did. [MUSIC PLAYING]