What Do You Use Piping Gel For??

Decorating By mareg Updated 9 Mar 2007 , 4:51pm by Elserj

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mareg Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 4:43am
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I'm new to the piping gel thing... what uses does it have?

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cocakedecorator Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 4:44am
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i use it to thin my icing for writing and also to transfer a pic or something onto a cake.

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ShirleyW Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 4:59am
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Kind of outdated now but people used to color it and pipe writing or dots on their borders. It is still pretty to do buttercream roses and add just one dot of clear piping gel on a petal, it looks like a dew drop.

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washipaper Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:06am
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I used it this weekend to keep my BC flowing smoothly as I was piping cornelli lace.

I tried stringwork one time and things turned out awful. The BC kept breaking in mid-dangle (if that makes sense). My instructor said piping gel would have made the difference.

Hope that helps you some.

Joan

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beany Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:08am
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Mix with royal icing for brush embroidery

Use as a gloss for leaves etc

Use as a "water" effect such as sweat, tears etc

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SScakes Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:08am
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How much of piping gel would one have to add to the buttercream?

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mareg Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:10am
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My instructor at the Wilton's class said 1 tsp. per cup.of bc.

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mareg Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:12am
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I have not done string work. I love the looks of it. Do you add it to the bc to make it "string" better?

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Terrisa Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:13am
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You can also use it to make water like the lake here or to give things a 'wet' look like the frog here.

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SScakes Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:13am
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Thank you.

My writing using buttercream was breaking the other day and it was just annoying me and I had not idea what yo do.

Thanks again

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mareg Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:17am
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sscakes, I love it for writing. It makes a big difference. I'd love to learn all the tricks for piping gel icon_biggrin.gif

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mareg Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:21am
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For writing I add some to the butter cream and it goes sooo very smooth.

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SScakes Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 5:29am
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I've used coloured piping gel to get the look of water and sometimes just as some sort of decor on the cake.

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amberhoney Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 9:02am
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I desperately wanted some for the drool on my Homer Simpson cake but ended up having to make do with melted sugar. I thought I might have been able to get a bit of frothiness with piping gel! Sorry if this grosses anyone out!?!?!?

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emmascakes Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 11:20am
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I've mixed it with red/orange colour to make the 'sauce' for baked beans:
www.emmascakes.co.uk/breakfast.html

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imaginecakes Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 4:39pm
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Wow...I am LOVING this post!!! Who knew that stuff had so many uses!!!

The things you learn here!

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Elserj Posted 9 Mar 2007 , 4:51pm
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I mixed it with red to get a blood look. It's on my eyeball in my pics.

My instructor told me to add enough piping gel to bc where it gets peaks. Kinda like meringue, I think. Writing is great with it in.

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