How To Use Icing Coupler

Dont put the tip on yet.

How to use icing coupler. Furthermore what is a coupler used for. Choose which type of decorating bagcone you would like to use. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap about the size of a legal-size piece of paper on your countertop.

Stand the icing bag in a tall jug or glass and spoon icing in first one side and then the other. Draw a small horizontal line on the outside of the pastry bag just above the opening of the piping tip inside the bag. A decorating bag is used to pipe semi-solid foods by pressing them through a narrow opening at one end for many purposes including cake decoration.

I wanted to use the same tip to pipe the same flowers in 2 different colors orange yellow. You can use icing tips with no couplers just push the tip inside the bag and cut the end off allowing just the end of the tip to stick out. You can then place the smaller bags inside the larger bag and switch them out when you want to change colors or tips.

Drop a piping tip into the pastry bag and push it down as far it can go. Next prepare your different icing colors in smaller bags without tips. Cut the hole smaller than needed and push.

If you dont want to buy a coupler you can simply make your own by using two different piping bags. Items and tools you will need to practice using couplers and adding two colours of frosting into one piping bag for a two-tone effect. Typically I would have started by piping all the yellow flowers first.

To do this prepare a large piping bag with your Russian tip. Choose which type of decorating bagcone you would like to use. Using a coupler is helpful for baking when you need to change tips frequently for your baking project.