How to Pipe Buttercream Tulips

Instructions

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1. -

   Base.

   Attach a flower square to the flower nail with a dot of icing.

   Pipe a small, flat mound of icing onto nail, about 1.59 cm (5/8 in.) wide and 1.27 cm (1/2 in.) high.

2. -

   Stamens.

   Switch to tip 3. Pipe one pull-out dot in center, at least 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) high. Pipe six slightly shorter pull-out dots around center.

3. -

   Petals.

   Switch to bag with tip 123 or 104. Hold bag with wide end of curved tip touching base and the narrow end tilted slightly inward.

   While squeezing, turn nail 1/3 around while moving hand up and down to form petal.

   Repeat two more times for a total of three petals.

4. -

   Second Row of Petals.

   Starting at the center of one of the first-row petals, repeat the same technique as first row piping 3 petals.

   Remove flower from nail to dry.

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