How To Use Icing Tips Without Coupler

Twist on the small part of the coupler to secure.

How to use icing tips without coupler. Snip the tip of the corner with a pair of scissors and begin piping. You will put your icing in the corner of the baggie and snip that corner. I attach a coupler and frosting tip on the corner of a ziploc press out the air seal it up and toss the bag when Im done.

Drop a piping tip into the pastry bag and push it down as far it can go. Click to mark this step as completed. If you dont have pastry bags you can use large ziplock plastic baggies.

Remove ring from coupler base. Click To Mark Complete. Place the decorating tip over the part of the coupler which is showing through the hole.

I dont always follow this rule. Couplers usually come in two plastic pieces a base and a ring. Draw a small horizontal line on the outside of the pastry bag just above the opening of the piping tip inside the bag.

Place the bag filled with frosting inside the new bag. Next step is to fit the piping tip. Choose which type of decorating bagcone you would like to use.

Drop the coupler base narrow end first into the bag and push it down as far as you can. The bag will keep it nice and secure. In the US its referred to as fondant and in the UK as sugarpaste but essentially ready to roll is exactly the same pliable cake covering which can also be molded into decorative shapesBeware though in the UK fondant icing sometimes refers to the kind of icing that can be.