{"id":562,"date":"2019-10-12T17:25:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T00:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2019-10-12T23:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T06:28:55","slug":"food-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m No Buddy Valastro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2232-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2232-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2232-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2232-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I like to bake.\u00a0 I find it enjoyable and relaxing and face it, who doesn&#8217;t like a good piece of cake!\u00a0 One of the more challenging aspects of baking is decorating.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been much of an artist, but the nice thing about cake decorating is the cake still taste good regardless of how it looks.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of years ago, a friend introduced me to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k=russian+piping+tips+set&amp;crid=3PO6I6VN9FCPO&amp;sprefix=russian+piping+tips%2Caps%2C315&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russian Piping Tips<\/a>.\u00a0 These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2287.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2287-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2287-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2287-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2287-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>made decorating much easier.\u00a0 With one tip, you could create flowers, leaves and many other designs.\u00a0 Needless to say, I ordered some for myself.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used them many times and some of the results are in this post.\u00a0 I mostly use an American buttercream for decorating, however I&#8217;m becoming a fan of Swiss meringue buttercream.\u00a0 I do enjoy the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-691 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2440-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2440-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2440-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2440-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>process and I&#8217;m always pleased with the final results.<\/p>\n<p>So, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k=russian+piping+tips+set&amp;crid=3PO6I6VN9FCPO&amp;sprefix=russian+piping+tips%2Caps%2C315&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/af\/russian-piping-tips.html?SearchText=russian+piping+tips&amp;d=y&amp;initiative_id=AS_20191012221614&amp;origin=n&amp;catId=200002694&amp;isViewCP=y&amp;jump=afs&amp;switch_new_app=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ali Express<\/a> or your favorite baking supply store and buy some tips!\u00a0 Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=russian+piping+tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch some videos<\/a> on their usage and try it for yourself.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3313-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3313-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3313-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3313-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3313-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to bake.\u00a0 I find it enjoyable and relaxing and face it, who doesn&#8217;t like a good piece of cake!\u00a0 One of the more challenging aspects of baking is decorating.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been much of an artist, but the nice thing 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