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Push the second color down so that the bag is filled but try not to let the colors mix. You will be filling it about halfway which will allow you enough control of what you are piping plus give you something to hold onto at the top.
You then fill it up with the icing in the next color and continue piping.
How to fill a piping bag with two colours. In this video Maria Mirtala Negron shows you how to load a decorating bag with two colors. In the next video she will show you how to make the ribbon rose us. For those without these bags its possible to do the same thing using two piping bags with a colour in each and then both into a third the third contains the nozzle.
Ive even done this for three colours very successfully. You dont have the problem of having to fill the bags carefully either. You would probably start and finish piping the flowers in one color first.
And then remove all icing from the piping bag before removing the tip out of it and dropping it into another piping bag. You then fill it up with the icing in the next color and continue piping. This time youll need two colors of frosting your star tip and three piping bags.
Fill a piping bag with each color and then fit the 3rd with the icing tip insert the two filled bags into the bag with the tip. Try to get the tips of both bags as centered at the point as possible. Then attempt to twist the end of this monster bag.
Take a piece of plastic wrap about 8-10 long. With a spatula take a bit of frosting and place it in the center 1 away from the edge. Take one side of the plastic wrap and fold it over to the next side matching up the edge your frosting will now be enclosed on the side of the plastic wrap.
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The coupler is in two pieces. First slide the large part of the coupler into the piping bag. Cut the bag just past the end of the coupler.
Some piping bag instructions will tell you to cut the bag at the threads. Place your piping bag in a tall cup and fold the bag over the rim before adding the frosting to it. That way you have a steady platform for filling and can you can use both hands.
Use a Frosting Coupler. A frosting coupler allows you to switch your piping tips easily without having to make multiple bags for different piping. Fit a large piping bag 18 inches with a wide mouth piping tip I used 849 tip.
Slide the flat piping bags with frosting into the large piping bag. Press some of the frosting out until you see all three colors. Create your own color combo to fit any occasion or theme.
Reach in the bag with your hand to open it up. Place the piping bag inside a large tumbler and fold the top of the piping bag over the edge of the glass. Use a spatula to spoon frosting into the piping bag.
Be sure to only fill the bag about two-thirds of the way so you have room to close the bag. Prop your bag up in a glass and use a small spatula to paint one color down the sides of the bag leaving the center clear. This color will be the outer petals of your flower.
Next carefully fill the center of the bag with a different color. Push the second color down so that the bag is filled but try not to let the colors mix. You will be filling it about halfway which will allow you enough control of what you are piping plus give you something to hold onto at the top.
Once youve filled the bag up to the edge of the glass or maybe just a little higher lift the bag up by the edges and gently shake everything down toward the tip. Fill two small disposable piping bags with different colored or flavored frosting. Use scissors to snip holes in the bottoms of both bags.
Insert both bags into a large 16 disposable piping bag fitted with a decorative tip making sure the two bags are aligned by squeezing and twisting the large bag. Hold the bag with your left hand and pull the top edges down around your hand till about 12 the bag is wrapped down around your handfill bag only about 23 full pull it up off your hand twist it shut then put a rubber band or hair tie around the opening down at the level of icing.