Ok, can someone tell me what the trick is to making leaves?? i just cannot seem to do it. when i make the leaf, it spreads apart at the base!!
thanks!!
ute
If you're set on the standard cut leaf tips, here's a few things:
1) Crank that sonofathing open, and I mean it. Don't be shy with it; I spread the tip of my 70 open about 3/8" and it works much better.
2) Don't lift the tip up at an angle, when you're pulling away, pull it straight out and away. Lifting it encourages the little toothlike bits to tear the point off of the leaf.
3) Use a stiffer icing from a recipe that has glycerine or corn syrup in it. The addition will help give the frosting some elasticity.
If all else fails, make your leaves from royal icing. My last batch of leaves I did with royal, and only had about 5 out of 150 with the torn tip.
Illy
If you're using the tip they taught you to use in the Wilton course, just stop and change to a tip 352! Go buy one. Best investment ever for your cake decorating! Our teacher was kind enough to show us her tip 352 and told us she never uses the other one (is it 67?) She does cakes professionally and can't stand the way the tip of the leaf is always open with the other tip!
Blessings,
~AngelWendy
Yes- throw away the tip you were taught to make them with--- well, unless you want to make swam wings! LOLOLOLOL!
Thanks for the "tip", I hate to make leaves because they never stick together and don't look like leaves...I could call them ribbons, I guess.
Thanks, very much, I have spread out all the old ones as instructed, but will definitely get the #352.
Janice
Thanks for the "tip", I hate to make leaves because they never stick together and don't look like leaves...I could call them ribbons, I guess.
Thanks, very much, I have spread out all the old ones as instructed, but will definitely get the #352.
Janice
ok great !! thanks soo very much! problem solved! im gonna go out and get me a tip #352!!
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