It is difficult to design a cake without proper nozzle, it could be a big hurdle to choose the nozzle for decorating the cake. There are plenty of shapes and sizes available for nozzle which is numbered to classified such as: The scrollwork and dots are piped with the PME Supatube 2.5 nozzles. The Ateco 808 is used to pipe the dots. This can be little confusing because of variation and can be complicated to hand-pick one.
Let’s get a little deeper into the knowing of nozzle, there are some basic nozzle such as Round,Star, Basketweave, Closed Star, Drop Flower , Grass, Leaf, Rose, Ruffle, Flower, Petal, Plain, Russian flower, etc.
Such as the smallest round nozzle have an opening similar in size to pen, which helps to write or decorate with similar line-work and much more.The medium size are great for border and if one is looking for the filling.
Open star tips like the Wilton 1M and the Wilton 4B are super popular for frosting cupcakes. Open and closed star tips are very popular when it comes to frosting pretty cupcakes.Whereas the closed star tip is tighter and more deeply grooved.
The Russian flower nozzle are jumbo tips that allow you to pipe complex shapes in one pass. There are many different types of tips that create roses, tulips, daisies, swirls, abstract shapes and large sets of petals among other things.