Hi there,

I just ordered tips that make flowers quickly, you know the large ones that with one squeeze, you have a rose, tulip, etc??? Well, my buttercream isn't work with it. I tried to make it stiffer and still no luck. Has anyone tried to use these tips? What type of buttercream was successful to use them? I need another recipe I think. Thanks so much!

As in the Russian Tips?

If so there is a ton of tutorials on Youtube demonstrating how they used them. There is even a tutorial where one shows you how well they work with each type of buttercream.

Hope that helps!

Thanks for sharing, Gigglebox2014!

yes

thanks so much...the video. the buttercream i use normally is the PUBLIX recipe. I'm going to try to make a swiss or different american buttercream and see how it does. Thanks again!! If anyone has a good recipe they'd be willing to share, I'd appreciate it!

Your welcome! 

My favorite American Buttercream recipe is actually Krazy Kool Cakes from Youtube. It has been my all time favorite and now my go to for everything. I absolutely love their videos! 

I believe in the video she credits Edna De La Cruz for the recipe, who if I am correct is a member of CC as well!  

Thank you so much!!!

Hey sorry , I am new to this and was wondering do you know that color light purple and light brown icing make

Dede234d, I've never mixed light purple and light brown frosting, but I've mixed an awful lot of oil paint and purple and brown make ugly mud.  Not a good idea.  What color are you trying to achieve?

my mother likes purple and father likes brown and i wanted to make them a cake with both colors mixed , i wanted to know what mixing light purple and light brown would make and which color would pop out more

i also wanted to know would it even make a light color

Oh, I misunderstood your question, Dede234d!  I thought you meant literally mixing the two colors together but I think you mean using the two colors together on one cake - is that correct?  If that is the case, I think they would be lovely together, particularly if your brown tends toward a soft gray-brown (taupe) which would compliment the richer color of the purple.  I would probably go with a medium tone for the purple instead of very pale.

I still think mixing the two colors would be yucky, but it would be a light yucky.  Why not make a small amount of fondant or gum paste in the two colors so you can see how you like them side by side, then try mixing them to see the resulting color (I'm thinking yucky, haha).  Oh....or buttercream!  I just realized I don't know what medium you are using, but all the same would hold true for buttercream.

Some say when using russian tips to pipe the flower rather quickly and pull up. Also buttercream has to be kind of thick for the flower to stay in the shape. Post pictures and let us know how it goes!!! Good luck!!! You can do it!!!

i meant mixing light purple and light brown together , i wanted to know if it would make a light color together and what kind of color

if i mix both together , do you think the light purple would show over the brown?

No Dede234d, I do not think the purple would be at all discernible if mixed with brown.  I think you would get a muddy, sort of taupe color.