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Russian Flowers Piping Tips Tutorial

Russian Flowers Piping Tips

An Italian Buttercream Recipe will give your cupcake or cake a perfect look, flexible and tasty, great idea for using with a Russian piping tips set
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5 from 1 vote
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian, Russian
Keyword: cupcake decorations, Italian buttercream, Russian Piping Tips
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 8 cupcakes
Calories: 441kcal
Author: Debi Murray

Ingredients

For Italian Buttercream

    Group A

    • 8 egg whites room temperature
    • 1/2 cup castor sugar

    Group B

    • 1/4 cup water
    • 1 cup castor sugar
    • 3 cup butter unsalted is the best, room temperature

    Cakes, Cupcakes

    • 7 vanilla cupcakes
    • 3 7-inch chocolate round cake
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    For Italian Buttercream

    • Beat (whisk) the egg whites in high speed for around 1 minute till it get bubbles
    • Add half sugar from group A then keep mixing on high speed for another 1 minute
    • Then add remaining sugar and keep beating on high speed till the egg whites getting sharp and peak point. Then reduce and turn off machine, and leave it
    • Bring the pot of group B then heat till it reach 235 F (117 C), very carefully at this step.
    • Then turn back the mixing machine on high speed, slowly drizzle the hot sugar into the mixer immediately.
    • Whip until the mixture becomes cool, whiter and soft peak
    • Change to paddle attachment then unsalted butter to running on slow speed, one by one.

    Piping Italian Buttercream On Cupcakes

    • Smear a thin layer of plain buttercream at the top of a cupcake or the surface of your cake to make sure that the flowers stick on the surface
    • Pipe the flowers, If you’re using a soft buttercream, make sure to pipe just above the surface
    • Squeeze and the buttercream will come down to touch the cake, then continue squeezing while you pull up to build the flower. Finish by pulling up without squeezing. Finally make some leaves with a piping tip #352 form Ateco brand (or any) to decorate and give your cupcake a colorful finish look.
    • I find that some tips would make a lovelier flower when they are piped short while some would be nicer when piped tall.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1batch | Sodium: 376mg | Calcium: 12mg | Vitamin A: 1216IU | Sugar: 22g | Potassium: 40mg | Cholesterol: 105mg | Calories: 441kcal | Saturated Fat: 25g | Fat: 39g | Protein: 2g | Carbohydrates: 22g
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