What are Russian Piping Tips?
These are jumbo tips that allow you to pipe complex shapes in one pass. There are many different types of tips that create roses, tulips, daisies, swirls, abstract shapes and large sets of petals among other things. Because the tips are so large you can more easily add different colors of buttercream to the bag to create multicolor flowers and shapes.
Best kind of Russian piping tips
You can buy tons of sets varying in number from just a few tips to dozens! Here’s a link for the ones I’m using.
What’s the best buttercream for Russian piping tips?
I used Swiss meringue buttercream for this post and loved the results HOWEVER it was a bit more challenging than using American buttercream. When you use a softer meringue-based frosting there’s a greater chance the petals will form a giant clump/blob. You need to pipe just above the surface, squeeze and the buttercream will come down to make contact with the cake. It takes some practice. You could use a standard American buttercream with some more cream/milk mixed in to get a nice pipable consistency.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of buttercream flowers piped with Russian piping tips on the left and assembles with a petal tip on the right. You can see that the Russian piping tips give a nice detailed and uniform flower while the handmade flowers on the right have more variation but take longer to create. If you want to learn how to create buttercream flowers with petal tips click here for the full how to.
Russian Piping Tips Guide
How to use Russian piping tips
If you’ve tried piping with Russian tips with this tutorial then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how you got on in the comments below, I love hearing from you! IF YOU LOVE THIS RECIPE TRY THESE OUT! How to Make Buttercream Flowers Painted Rose Cake Rose Cupcakes Orchid Cake
