How To Make Ruffles On A Cake

filed under: Cakes on December 12, 2013

… in iv minutes apartment.

I shared this image awhile back.

Many of y'all asked for a tutorial on the chocolate ruffle block and here it is. Nevertheless, I must mention something. I sorta got a crazy thought and information technology ended up not going equally planned so this tutorial is going to exist a little different. See, I decide to help add together a visual help so I did a 15 second video tutorial and posted it on Instagram.

Insert dramatic music hither.

Since I had to film information technology with one hand and pipe with the other… well. Information technology wasn't pretty. Or very effective in terms of being a "tutorial".

Lets just say this; if you accept the time to really pay close attention to what you are doing and utilise even pressure level and exist consistent, you lot can get the pretty ruffles like above. If yous blitz through it and take your four year old turn the cake stand while y'all are trying to simultaneously motion picture and pipe you lot may end upwardly with a wonky ruffle cake similar I am about to show you lot.

Moral of the story: Do as I say and not every bit I do.

Thank you.

The concept is very simple!

Place nibble-coated cake on a cake stand. Make full a pastry bag with a 127 tip and your choice of frosting. (I like this perfect buttercream equally it is very white!)

Starting at the bottom edge of the block hold the tip very close to the base of operations of the cake. With one hand, starting time applying pressure to the bag of frosting.

Start turing your cake stand with your other manus. Keep applying pressure and move effectually base of cake. When you have gone around the cake once just motility your hand (the mitt holding the handbag of frosting) upward most an inch and keep piping, making sure to overlap. Yous will continue this up and around the cake.

When you go to the peak, repeat the same process, but making your circle smaller and smaller until you reach the center.

Now. Whorl back up and look at the picture with the chocolate ruffle block. I did that cake in v minutes too, I just tried a bit harder. This white ruffle cake is a bit sloppy for my sense of taste, only I promise you become the jist of it.

Adjacent time I won't do three things at once.

Who am I kidding. I am a mom of five, I will always be doing at least iii things at once. 🙂

If you want to add together some actress fun, trying making it a Christmas layer block!

And that is my wonky ruffle cake with red and light-green layers. Feel free to check out my xv second (really, what was I thinking?!?! A Xv Second tutorial???) tutorial on this on Instagram. 🙂

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