Decorating a cake

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Yeti needs to learn more basics. As he searches his eye catches a video - Simple & Beautiful Way To Decorate a Cake | Beginners Cake Decorating Ideas. He decides to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flhVx-n-Kpo

Now that he knows the basics he needs to get piping tips. Aha! The pictures are pretty, and he wonders if he could do any of them, so he reads the article.

6 Types of Piping Tips

Piping tips are classified by the shape the opening makes. Within those groups, tips range in size and shape, so you can choose the size that best suits your decorating project.

Round tips are a great place to get started. These tips all feature a round opening, making them perfect for piping letters and lines. The smaller sizes are often used for piping lettering, dots or outlining cookies, while the larger sizes can be used to pipe large dot borders, swirls and lines.

The star tip is very versatile, making it great for beginning decorators. A simple squeeze of the bag and any sized star tip will produce a cute star-shaped design, perfect for making borders or filling in large areas of your cake. Star tips are also used to pipe shells, swirls and rosettes, simple techniques with a big impact!

The drop flower tip looks like a star tip, but the grooves are slightly closed, making it easier to pipe a flower shape. These tips allow you to pipe a flower with just one squeeze, or you can make a swirled flower by simply twisting your wrist as you pipe.

Leaf Decorating Tips - Pipe flat, ruffled or stand-up leaves to make your flowers more life-like. You can also use these tips to pipe sunflower petals or a leaf border in different shapes and sizes. 

Petal Decorating Tip - As the name suggests, this tip is used to pipe buttercream flowers, such as roses and tulips. However, this tip can also be used to pipe lovely ribbons, ruffles and simpler three or five-petal flowers, such as an apple blossom.’ (Source) 

They make it look so easy, but Yeti really wonders how easy it can be. Practice! Practice! Practice! He will show Tiffi the article to see what she thinks. 

Let’s continue – Wow look at these cakes!

Start at the beginning – Welcome to the King Baking Competition!