Vintage Piped Ruffles Cake

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In the world of cake decoration, trends come and go, but some techniques remain timeless and ever-charming. A cake with heavy piping and piped ruffles are two such classic techniques that continue to captivate cake enthusiasts with their elegance and intricate beauty.

pink vintage cake with a lot of piping and ruffles

Video Tutorial

What kind of icing should be used for piping?

It is important to use a thicker, stable buttercream. If your buttercream recipe is too soft, the details will not be sharp. We recommend using a shortening-based buttercream for the most crisp, detailed piping. To achieve the lovely color of pink, we used a combination of regal purple and rose pink.

What tips are used to pipe vintage ruffles and designs?

Tip 070 is a useful tip that pipes ruffles by simply gliding your hand along the cake. It eliminates having to apply a back-and-forth movement with your hand as you would creating ruffles using a traditional petal tip. This tip is used to pipe the ruffle swags in the center of the cake. Tip 44 is a flat band to create the flat ribbon swag.
vintage ruffle piping with tip 070

Tip 17 is used throughout the cake. It is used for the rosettes on the ribbon swags, small shells under the swags, the reverse scroll border on the top side of the cake, and the shell border on the inner top of the cake.
vintage ruffle piping rosettes with tip 17