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Let's decorate a cake in five minutes! Hi I'm Emily and I'm going to show you how to pipe some
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pretty layered ruffles onto a cake. All you need is a piping bag and a petal piping tip, which is
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one of these that has a narrow end and a wide end. This one is a number 104 by Wilton. Drop the piping
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tip into your piping bag so it goes all the way down to the bottom and to fill the piping bag
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with buttercream I like to use a glass. Fold the top of the piping bag over the glass and that
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will hold it open while you fill it with buttercream and you really don't need a lot
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of buttercream for this, just a few spoonfuls, so you definitely don't need to fill the bag any more
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than half full. This is my 4 Minute Buttercream and the link is in the video description and on
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BritishGirlBakes.com. Unfold the bag and this is why I like to use the glass because it keeps the
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ends of the piping bag perfectly clean so you don't get buttercream all over your hands. For
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this technique it's important that you hold the piping tip facing the right direction. You can
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see that there's a wide end and also a narrow end. You want to have the wide end of the piping tip
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pressed against the cake so the narrow end is pointing outwards. Squeeze the bag and slowly
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pull it upwards and you can go straight up if you want or I like to do it at a diagonal
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Go all the way up to the top of the cake and then you can pipe another layer right over the top of
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the previous one so that they overlap and this way they'll look like ruffled layered fabric
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You'll notice that the slower you pull your hand upwards the more ruffly your ruffles will be and
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if you want to exaggerate it even more you can wiggle your wrist and that will make the waves
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even more dramatic. I have an online course on 50 Easy Cake Decorating Techniques teaching all sorts
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of frosting and decorating techniques and you can find out more by clicking here to visit my online
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cake school or you can go to BritishGirlBakes.com. When you get to the top of the cake at the end of
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each ruffle release your pressure on the bag so stop squeezing it at the same time as you swipe
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your piping bag away from the cake and that will leave a nice neat edge to the top of each ruffle
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I like to chill the cake before doing this because that sets the buttercream frosting on the outside
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of the cake and that means that when you pipe each ruffle you can rest the wide end of the piping tip
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against the frosting and drag it slowly up the cake so the piping tip is grazing against the
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frosting and this means that the ruffle will be right against the cake so it will be more stable
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and it won't slide down the cake but it won't damage the frosting because the frosting is cold
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and it's set so it's firm and it holds its shape so the pressure of that piping tip isn't going to
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leave an indent. Also I like to use the same colour for my ruffles as for the frosting on the cake but
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you can absolutely use a different colour if you prefer and you can even make a gradient of ruffles
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like an ombre gradient or a rainbow gradient. If you're enjoying this tutorial you will love my
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classes where I teach unique cake designs broken down into four manageable steps in less than 20
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minutes of video modules. Tap the link in the top of the screen to visit my online cake school to
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find out more. This is a quick and easy way to add texture and I love this technique because the only
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thing you have to remember is to keep the wide end of the piping tip pressed against the cake
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because it's the narrow end that creates the ruffles so you want that end to be sticking out
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but other than that you can move the bag as fast or as slow as you like to make the ruffles as
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smooth or wiggly as you like and you really can't go wrong with this technique. I love the way the
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ruffles look on this cake, I think it looks gorgeous like this but if you want to make a
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cake topper to put on top and give it some height click here to watch my tutorial on homemade cake
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topper ideas. I'll be back next week with another five minute cake, click the subscribe button if
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you so much for watching
