The WRONG Way To Pipe! Common Mistakes When Piping Buttercream | Georgia's Cakes

Can't quite work out why your piped buttercream or icing just doesn't look right? Here is a detailed tutorial comparing the right and wrong way to pipe. If you're seeing something familiar in the wrong section, then this tutorial should help you fix it! Let me know what you think in the comments!
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01:30 : 1M star
02:30 : 4B star
03:10 : 366 leaf
04:00 : 67 leaf
05:32 : 104 petal
06:56 : 234 grass
08:20 : 2 round
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[@Olive_O_Sudden]

It's not just pressure but truly the position of the tip relative to the surface and whatever is being piped. The mistake with the rosettes is that the tip is too close to the surface and it's being dragged through the rosette itself. The round tip is a really good example of the common mistake of treating the surface as if it's paper, piping bag as if it's a pen, and the medium being piped as if it's ink. The best description I remember from my beginner days for the round tip is to use steady pressure as if you're producing a strand of soft spaghetti, and then using your whole arm to shape the drop of that strand.

[@suzannecook9840]

I believe this is her tutorial.

[@LunarLina08]

I found this more helpful than watching someone do it correctly the first time. Thank you!

[@pamelab7235]

Very helpful! As I watch you I realize my buttercream tends to be a bit too thick so I need to thin it out more. As far as the grass tip goes, I made some dinosaur cupcakes and was piping the grass the “wrong” way, so the blades of grass were quite limp…however, I explained that since dinosaurs were walking on it, they squashed the grass😜

[@bonyboy2010]

Besides pressure, the type of cream used, matters too

[@crystalzone20]

You're smart😊

[@shirleylewis3490]

This was so helpful. I have been using the petal tip the wrong way!! I couldn’t understand why my ruffles were fat and ugly looking! Thank you so much for this tutorial! ❤

[@GeorgiasCakes]

You’re not alone!!! So glad I can help 🥰

[@LucyBarker-sf7wv]

Please do more , with different colors., great voice for teaching 🙌🏽

[@dra6510]

Brilliant! Cannot wait for your book to arrive Georgia 😊

[@a.c.6361]

Very helpful and this gave me an idea of where I should start before venturing on to decorating.

[@lynellemari8701]

Extremely helpful! Thank you 🎉

[@Mibenavidez13]

Thank for you posting this. There's not enough videos Like this that show you how to improve technically. ❤🎉 well done. I'm refreshing myself and I found this extremely helpful. 🎉

[@elizabethaimone1765]

Loved this tutorial! Please, make more of these! Great teaching!

[@hana67432]

Awesome Video, Thank you very much for showing me how to pipe correctly Georgia. 😃

[@stephaniet5448]

Thank you! I’m a beginner and this video helped me A LOT! 👍🏼😀

[@GeorgiasCakes]

You're so welcome! 🌸🩷

[@Crazymona658]

Thanku mam I am also a beginner ❤

[@melaniehargreaves9339]

Thankyou❤ been watching you for a while and you are such a fab teacher. This was very helpful 😊💕

[@lauralouisetaylor2726]

Super helpful ❤

[@marynegrete8627]

Que maravilla, excelente clase. Gracias. Saludos desde México

[@carolmeakins3578]

Your videos are always so helpful. Thank you x

[@GeorgiasCakes]

Glad you like them!

[@darianchristie3260]

One of the best ways to learn something is to discover what it feels like when it's incorrect, then what it feels like when it IS correct, and compare the difference. Well done!

[@GeorgiasCakes]

Absolutely!! 🙏🏼

[@mwewamumba8078]

Thank you very much,am new beginner and this video has helped me alot

[@marthaesporlas577]

Thanks much for sharing this informative video🥰🥰

[@rharesh4451]

Thanks for the post ma'am, it's a very informative video but my mom says the first and arguably the most important part is getting a good consistency to your icing. She said air bubbles are bad for pipping medical student Malaysia 🙏

[@stepgamerdad]

I'm a total beginner when it comes to piping and decorating pastries, so this video was very helpful. Thank you very much.😁 I love baking, cooking, etc. So much so that I sometimes wonder if I missed my calling by going into my current career lol.

[@socialbutterfly4146]

Such a helpful video! Thank you🌸

[@rajpurohit2700]

This was very helpful, thank you

[@Legendary_blank]

This video was very helpful for me, I’m currently practicing to become a cake decorator at my job and I was able to see a lot of the issues Ives been having and how to fix them. Thank you very much for taking the time to make the video.

[@Angeline893]

So so helpful for me. Tx you so much

[@patriciastuckey5060]

I really enjoyed this learned a lot❤❤❤

[@erikaklingler9619]

This is fantastic! Tysm!

[@georgepagakis9854]

They should invent an attachment that has auto pressure :) Looks simple but its not! great video!

[@kimr6232]

This was amazingly helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you so much!!!

[@GeorgiasCakes]

You're so welcome!

[@naimahnicholls2022]

So helpful thankyou.....I guess practise practise practise is the key ❤

[@regenia8738]

Excellent! Thank you for such great hel0!

[@mitra4650]

Thanks from Texas!

[@lillianaimokilus958]

Wow, just finished piping my daughter's cake to bring to school and was struggling with what piping tip to use and I see this.. Very informative and helpful..❤❤❤❤

[@GeorgiasCakes]

Glad I could help! 🥰🫶🏼

[@shamikagrant2370]

​@GeorgiasCakes hi I've signed up for you course but the link isn't working

[@MaryAnn-mn9vw]

Thanks a lot❤

[@simonereid437]

Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciated it. I have learnt alot from this very detailed and informative video. May I also tell you that I have watched many videos before and have never commented. I couldn't resist leaving one now. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.

[@foodplanetkarachi3001]

Very nice sharing my dear friend ❤❤❤❤

[@stalopapaioannou6415]

Very useful video

[@barroo69]

Great, thanks

[@ck7506]

Thank you!! I've been struggeling... 😅

[@petravandenbossche1190]

Hallo. That was a very helpful video. Thank so much. Greetings from germany Petra😊

[@GeorgiasCakes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@allen52c29]

This is very helpful for me and I am from India

[@Katya-zj7ni]

I’ve been doing everything wrong and gave up. I’m going to have you on speed watch honey❤❤❤❤

[@tsgeeta]

what are the colours (brand ) you are using

[@meryothi8179]

Soo beautifull....can i haev your recipe of this buttercream pleaaase?

[@DayoOgunde]

this blew my mind!! omg. i’ve been doing leaves so wrong!

[@anytimebakes2285]

Nice mam 👍

[@Hortondlfn1]

Why do the vine leaves have an open "v" at the end? Aren't they supposed to come to a point?

[@user-ki1rb6vx7m]

Thanks for this video!!! It will help me a lot!! Just wanted to ask how do you keep your buttercream from not melting?? My buttercream melts when I try to make the simple flowers ☹️😢

[@Olive_O_Sudden]

I would guess that your buttercream isn't stiff enough (what kind are you using?) and/or you have very warm hands. Try chilling your buttercream for at least 30 minutes prior to piping. Just be sure to stir your buttercream when you take it out of the fridge, just enough to knock out any air bubbles that may have developed while it was chilling, before filling your piping bag.

[@peppercat8718]

Hi Thank you for these great tips, I'm new here, what is your frosting recipe?

[@GeorgiasCakes]

You can find it in my new book or on my channel!

[@peppercat8718]

@@GeorgiasCakesGreat! Thank you 🎄

[@sunshinenrainbows9339]

Im finding that the icing sometimes stick to the piping bag n not stay on the cupcake...cupcakes are cooled but not sure what im dojng wrong

[@shamikagrant2370]

Hi I've sign up for the course but the link isn't working

[@Serai3]

All of the incorrect ones are fine if they're what you want. Not wrong, just different. I could see the flatter flower shapes being used as background against more substantial flowers, for instance.

[@amyx3843]

I like the wrong rosette look more 😂

[@jessiegoodling3481]

Recipe for icing if you share.

[@GeorgiasCakes]

It’s on my channel 🩷

[@kasie680]

I know how to pipe, I STILL stuff the grass up! 😂😂😂

[@LucyBarker-sf7wv]

Get down James Brown !! 👍🏽

[@reneeelias9514]

Ha ha!

[@alexiso.k.9119]

Do you get problems with carpal tunnel?

[@jennifermoorehead733]

You should’ve included the need for different icing consistencies too.

[@debracook8449]

Have you done a vegan cake?

[@anitadhm_]

she has a vegan chocolate cake recipe on here

[@DebbieMikoleit-nb2ti]

OMG, this saved me from a full on meltdown yesterday when doing rosettes on a cake. I could not get them to turn out regardless of what I tried. Watching you do them while describing do/don’t gave me the information I needed and gave me a chance to calm down 🫣(anxiety of new challenges under pressure). Thank you so much!

[@sandymcintyre6454]

This was very helpful!! Thank you!!

[@maiyomileetiey]

Super helpful ❤