Hope You Can Solve My Problem....

Baking By Peeverly Updated 3 Feb 2007 , 12:32am by Tscookies

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Peeverly Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 5:38pm
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I have a problem with royal icing. When I want to do small details I use a #1 tip and thin the royal. Sometimes the icing comes out squiggly (does that make sense???) I can't figure out if it is too thin or too thick. What am I doing wrong? Is it the pressure on the bag? It really messes up the cookie when your line goes crooked. Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Suki

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GeminiRJ Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 6:26pm
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I'm guessing it's the pressure causing the squigles. Maybe you need to thin down the icing so you don't have to apply quite so much pressure. Or figure you can't use as much pressure, and it will just take longer for the icing to flow out.

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bakers2 Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 6:35pm
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most likely it's your tip - if you don't have a seamless tip (plastic or Non-wilton) the seam often chages the flow of your frosting when piped - especially when doing very fine piping.....

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bonniebakes Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 8:36pm
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I've tried adding a little bit of piping gel when I want really fine details... the icing comes out much smoother from that little tip when it's mixed with some piping gel.

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kneadacookie Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 8:49pm
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i find that it's the pressure. i start my line off the cookie to decide how much pressure i need

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mitsel8 Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 9:21pm
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My icing curls back on me when it is too thick. Try thinning it and see if that's better.

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Peeverly Posted 2 Feb 2007 , 10:10pm
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Thanks everyone. I knew I could count on you for help! icon_biggrin.gif

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Tscookies Posted 3 Feb 2007 , 12:32am
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Make sure you sift your powdered sugar with the finest mesh you can find. It could be the result of a little piece of powdered sugar getting stuck in the way near the end of your tip (on the inside). When this happens, I insert a pin to try to break it up, and if that doesn't work - then I put on a new tip. It's pretty annoying!

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