Sotas Technique

Ingredients

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Tools
Disposable Decorating Bag

Disposable Decorating Bag
Round Decorating Tip 1

Round Decorating Tip 1

Instructions

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- Make buttercream. Prepare buttercream frosting to thin consistency following recipe instructions. Prepare decorating bag with tip 1 and fill no more than 1/4 full with prepared buttercream.
- Pipe design. Hold bag straight up at 90-degree angle, with tip 1/2 to 1 in. above surface. Squeeze bag, allowing icing to drop randomly in a series of overlapping loops. Cover area edge to edge. When done, stop pressure and pull tip away.

Notes

Use only a small amount of thinned buttercream in the decorating bag. This puts less pressure on your hands.

Start and stop strings of sotas at the edge of the area to keep from having loose ends in the middle of the design.

The harder you squeeze the decorating bag, and the slower you move the bag, the curvier your piped lines will be.