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Piping a Buttercream Rose
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By Culinary Institute of America
Published 2015
- Fit a piping bag with a rose tip. Attach a small square of parchment paper to the top of a rose nail with a small dot of icing to make it easier to remove the rose once the icing has set. Hold the piping bag in your dominant hand and the rose nail in the other. Hold the bag so that the opening in the piping tip is vertical and the wider end is at the bottom.
- The rose will be built on a cone of icing. To make the cone, place the wide end of the piping tip on the surface of the nail, with the narrower end angled slightly inward. Squeeze the bag while turning the nail clockwise, keeping the piping bag and tip in the same position.
- To form the first inner petal of the rose, place the wide end of the tip on the cone of icing, with the narrower end angled slightly inward. Squeeze the piping bag while pulling it away from the cone, creating a ribbon of icing; at the same time, turn the rose nail counterclockwise, wrapping the ribbon of icing up and around the inner cone, ending by overlapping the point at which you began piping.
- To form the first row of three petals, place the wide end of the piping tip near the base of the inner petal, with the narrow end pointing straight up. Position the first petal over the opening of the inner petal: Pipe a ribbon of icing around and down, turning the nail counterclockwise one-third of a turn at the same time. Form the next two petals following the same procedure, beginning each petal near the center of the previous one.
- For a larger rose, keep adding rows of petals in the same manner, increasing the number in each row and always adding an odd number of petals to keep the rose from looking square or boxy.
- Once the icing is set, remove the rose from the nail. Use a small metal spatula to remove the rose from the paper and place it as desired.
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