If you have a sweet tooth and like to make your own cookies, pies and other sweets, then pastry bag- your irreplaceable friend. You can use it to decorate cakes and cupcakes, sign a cake, or fill eclairs. If you don't have a factory-made pastry bag, today we will teach you how to make one yourself.
How to quickly make a simple piping bag with your own hands
The simplest option for making a pastry bag is to cut off a corner of a plastic file. You can also use a ziplock bag to prevent the cream from leaking out.
We will need:
- plastic bag with zipper
- scissors
How to do
- Fill the bag with cream and zip it up. If the bag is partially filled, secure the cream at the tip of the bag with an elastic band.
- Cut off the corner of the bag and decorate the confectionery.
Remember: the larger the corner you cut, the thicker the strip of cream will be.
Of course, you can’t expect jewelry precision from such a pastry bag, but you can quickly decorate cookies for unexpected guests. Experiment with the shape of the cut to create a variety of embellishments.
You can sew the same pastry bag from thick fabric that does not fade and washes well.
Please note: to prevent the cream from getting into the seams, they must be on the outside.
DIY pastry bag from a plastic bottle
If you need pretty roses or other decorations, this tutorial will help you make a shaped tip from a plastic bottle for your piping bag.
We will need:
- plastic bottle
- marker
- DIY pastry bag made from fabric or bag
How to do
- Cut off the neck of the plastic bottle.
- Draw the desired pattern on the lid with a marker, then cut a hole exactly according to the drawing with a knife. It could be an asterisk, a snowflake, a crown - whatever your skills are enough for.
- Screw the lid onto the neck and attach our shaped nozzle to a fabric pastry bag.
So, your DIY pastry bag is ready! Using our master class, you can make several different shaped toppers to more often surprise guests and household members with beautiful patterns on cakes. In addition to the cap of a plastic bottle, you can also use small caps from nasal spray bottles to create shaped tips for a pastry bag - due to their size, they give the effect of precise lines.
For more information on how to make a pastry bag with your own hands, watch the video:
Cakes without ornate patterns of cream look boring and not at all appetizing. If the aromas of homemade baked goods often linger in your home, then you probably have a pastry bag. What should those housewives do who don’t have this device, but urgently need to decorate their baked goods? What can you replace a pastry bag with?
You can make a homemade pastry bag with your own hands either from ordinary paper, which you can always find at home, or from plastic bag or fabric. It all depends on how much free time you have. We offer several ideas on how to make your own pastry bag.
Plastic bag
All you need to make this bag is a bag and scissors. First, select a thick transparent plastic bag (preferably with a zip fastener). Open it up and carefully fill it with cream using a spoon. Then close the clasp or secure the bag with a knot (elastic band). Cut off a small corner of the bag and you can start decorating your baked goods.
It is worth noting that you cannot expect culinary “miracles” from this bag. You are unlikely to be able to achieve the same thickness of the squeezed out cream, and there is no opportunity to make shaped decorations. In addition, such bags are disposable, which will greatly displease environmentalists.
Paper bag
Homemade paper pastry bags somewhat expand the possibilities of housewives. You can use wax paper or pastry parchment. If the paper is thick, then you can cut out a shaped corner, which will be some kind of nozzle. To make a pastry bag, you need to cut a triangle out of paper and roll it into a cone.
Make sure that there are no gaps between the layers of paper through which the cream can seep through! Fix the edges at the top by bending them towards the center. Now you can fill the bag with cream to the top and cut off the corner. Homemade disposable bag is ready!
Do you want to make a curly nozzle? Then use a plastic bottle. Cut off the neck and cut a hole of any shape in the lid. It could be an asterisk, a crown, or something like a snowflake. We recommend drawing the shape with a marker first to make cutting easier. All that remains is to screw the lid with a shaped nozzle to the bag.
Fabric bag
In stores you can find reusable pastry bags made of synthetic fabric. But it’s not difficult to make such a device with your own hands. Before sewing a pastry bag, make sure that the fabric washes well and does not fade. Great choice- tick. This fabric washes well and is dense.
So, we cut out a triangle from the fabric, sew it into a cone, and cut off the bottom corner. Be sure to try on the attachments so as not to cut off too much! Then we sew in the nozzle and fold the seams. There is no need to turn the bag inside out; the seams should be on the outside so that the cream does not get clogged in them. After use, the bag must be washed without use. detergents and dry. This bag will last you a long time.
It is worth noting that homemade bags will not replace professional confectionery tools, as they do not allow you to achieve clear patterns of cream. This is an excellent solution for housewives who do not often pamper their family with beautifully decorated homemade baked goods. But for one-time use, homemade paper, cellophane or fabric pastry bags are quite suitable.
Professional chefs use pastry bags to decorate baked goods and sweet products. Hobbyists, like confectioners, can buy the device in a store or make it themselves at home. A product created without special financial costs using improvised means will help the hostess decorate her work of culinary art.
What is a piping bag
A narrow cone-shaped bag into which attachments for decorating cakes, pastries, eclairs, and other confectionery products are inserted is called a pastry (culinary) bag. With its help, you can draw patterns, flowers, simple drawings, and inscriptions on sweets. A device for decorating baked goods and confectionery products can be purchased in a store or made independently from paper, thick fabric, or a plastic bag.
Advantages
You can use pastry syringes or bags to decorate baked goods. The latter has a certain number of advantages:
- large volume allows you to hold a lot of cream, cream;
- durability: can be used more than once;
- a variety of attachments that are selected according to the wishes of the cook: stars, flowers, regular lines;
- convenience: it can be held in one hand;
- you don’t need to put a lot of effort into squeezing out the cream;
- easy to wash.
Types of pastry bags
There are three types of cooking bags. Disposable materials are made from food-grade polyethylene and paper and are intended for one-time use. For the production of reusable fabric materials, vinyl and cotton fabric, rubberized on the inside, are used. Nozzles included. The third type is reusable silicone, manufactured similarly to fabric ones, but having an advantage in operation.
Disposable
After one use, disposable bags become deformed and become unsuitable for use. This happens due to the material from which they are made: polyethylene, paper with special impregnation. The bags come complete with durable nozzles made of of stainless steel or without them (the cream passes through the cut). A disposable option can be made independently at home.
The advantage of disposable materials is their low cost (a set of one hundred bags costs 100-200 rubles), ease of use (does not require washing and drying). The disadvantages include narrow functionality. If the pastry chef does not have the skills, he can only make simple drawings. To use a disposable bag, you need to cut off the tip so that the nozzle is 2/3 inside, and the rest looks out. If the hole is made larger, the nozzle may fly out when pressed.
Reusable
Fabric and silicone reusable bags are washed and dried thoroughly after use. In addition to durability, the advantages of these types include convenience (they can be trimmed based on the volume of dough) and the included shaped nozzles, varied in patterns, thickness and consistency. The disadvantage of the fabric material is that it is relatively inconvenient to use: it must be dried thoroughly, otherwise the seams holding the instrument together will come apart. The reusable silicone piping bag dries faster and has no divergent seams.
How to replace a pastry bag at home
A device for decorating baked goods can be purchased at the store or replaced at home. The material for making is varied, depending on what is available at home. You can replace purchased material with polyethylene, paper (confectionery parchment), plastic bottle, fabric (thick white teak, which is less prone to shedding), mayonnaise bag, stationery file, oilcloth. You can cut a pattern on the caps of plastic bottles, then you will get a culinary bag with attachments.
DIY piping bag
Any material from which a cooking bag is made must first be shaped into a cone. If it is fabric, then initially cut out a triangle, connect the 2 sides and sew. The next step depends on the material: first you need to cut off the tip, insert (sew in) a nozzle or fill the cone with cream, and only then cut off the corner. This is the basic algorithm for creating a baking bag with your own hands.
From a plastic bottle and a cellophane bag
To make the device yourself you will need: a plastic bottle, a small plastic bag, scissors, a stationery knife, a marker. Next you need to use these materials step by step:
- Cut the neck of the bottle at a distance of 4-5 cm from the cap, from which you need to remove the silicone layer, make a hole with a diameter of 0.5-0.7 mm.
- On the silicone part of the lid, draw the desired pattern (star, circle, flower), cut out a curly icon with a stationery knife. These are DIY piping bag tips. Insert the resulting figure back into the lid, thoroughly wash everything from shavings and dust.
- Take the bag, cut off one corner by 2 cm. Insert it into the thread, screw on the lid. The bag must be securely attached between the cap and the neck of the bottle.
From paper
To make a culinary device from paper (its other name is a cornet), you will need: a sheet of waterproof paper or baking parchment, scissors. It will not be difficult to make the material:
- Make a cone out of paper. To do this, make a square out of paper, bend it in half into a triangle shape, and turn it up at a right angle. Fold and round the corners of the resulting figure until you get a cone. Choose the size of the cone based on your own preferences: the smaller the final product, the smaller the pattern will be.
- Cut off the upper edges of the resulting cone and bend them so that they do not interfere with the work process.
- Fill the paper with cream, cut off the tip of the cone.
- Start decorating your baked goods with beautiful patterns.
From a plastic bag
To make a cellophane bag you will need: a thick durable bag, a file or material from which the baking sleeve is made, scissors. If you decide to make a device from a plastic bag, it won't take much of your time. You don’t even need to turn the bag inside out - just find the sharp corner of the bag, pour the cream into it and carefully cut off the tip with scissors. The corner can be cut completely or not completely, which gives a different effect to the pattern.
When baking a pie or cake, we think about how best to decorate it. You can simply pour glaze over it, or you can decorate it with painted flowers, patterns and petals. To create intricate designs with cream or paste, you will need a piping bag.
But what to do if you don’t have such a bag at hand, but you need to decorate cakes with cream or make rosettes from cookie dough right away. Don’t despair, you can make a pastry bag with your own hands from scrap materials.
DIY pastry bag from a plastic bottle and cellophane bag
In order to make carved patterns from cream, it is necessary that the mass be squeezed out of a bag with a carved tip. It must be hard and withstand any pressure placed on it, otherwise the pattern will not work. A plastic bottle is used for these purposes.
You will need following materials: plastic bottle, small clean plastic bag, marker, scissors and utility knife.
Stage 1
Measure 4-5 cm from the top of the bottle and put a mark. Make several marks and connect them with one line. Next, cut the neck along the marked strip using scissors. You only need the neck of the bottle to work with, so you can throw the rest of it in the trash bin.
Stage 2
Unscrew the cap and remove the inner silicone layer that is included in each cap.
Stage 3
Make a hole in the lid with a diameter of approximately 0.5-0.7 mm.
Stage 4
On the silicone layer that you took out of the lid, use a marker in the center to draw the pattern that you would like to get. Using a utility knife, cut out the pattern along the outline. Don’t hold back your fantasies, because the pattern you make will depend on how you cut it.
Stage 5
Insert the silicone layer back into the lid. Once again, thoroughly wash the neck and cap of the bottle to remove plastic shavings and dust.
Stage 6
Cut off one corner of the bag by 2 cm, put it on the thread and screw on the cap so that the bag is secured between the cap and the thread of the neck of the bottle. If you do not secure the bag well, the bottle will not hold and you will not be able to work with such a bag.
There is another option, how else you can fasten the bag and the neck of the bottle. Insert the package into it. Pass the cut corner of the bag into the neck, pushing it from the side of the cut part and remove it from the neck. Fold the edges of the bag onto the threads and screw on the lid.
In other words, the neck of the bottle will be placed on the cut corner of the bag, and the edges of the cut corner of the bag will be turned inside out and secured with a twisted cap. So, you have a DIY pastry bag. The cake cream or cookie dough is placed in a bag, and it will be squeezed out through the lid, taking the shape of the pattern that you came up with and cut out.
You can make several interchangeable lids with different patterns inside. The package containing the mass is disposable and is thrown away immediately after use. Next time you will need a new bag.
Using the same method, you can use a bottle with an elongated lid for easy drinking.
It can be used as a type of pattern, worn on the same neck, if the thread matches.
Also, the hole in the bottle cap can be made wider, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, while the pattern on the silicone layer can be made larger and more complex.
DIY paper pastry bag
For this type of piping bag, you will need a sheet of strong waterproof paper and scissors. A sheet of baking parchment works great.
Stage 1
Make an even square out of the sheet and fold it in half diagonally or from corner to corner.
Stage 2
Place the resulting triangle so that it looks at a right angle upward, and with the folded part towards you. Two sharp corners are located on the sides.
Stage 3
Now roll it into a funnel. The image below shows how to roll correctly.
Stage 4
The top edges can get in the way when working with confectionery products, so they are folded or cut off.
After filling the bag with contents, the edges (if you did not cut them off) can be folded inward or twisted into a spiral. In the second option, squeezing out the contents of the package will be much more convenient.
Stage 5
Cut the folded corner diagonally or give it a pretty star or wave design.
Your DIY pastry bag is ready. It is disposable, so upon completion of work it is thrown into the trash.
This paper bag is perfect for working with delicate cream or paste consistency. For a dense dough, use a piping bag made of a harder material.
DIY pastry bag from a plastic bag
To make such a bag you will need a thick plastic bag. The density of cellophane is quite suitable, from which a sleeve for baking products in the oven or a file for documents is made.
Option 1
The cellophane sheet is rolled into a funnel, as in the previous version of the paper pastry bag. An acute corner is cut in the form of a pattern or a semicircular hole.
Option 2
You can also use it in a bag, in which the cream is placed, and then rolled up into a funnel. In this case, the resulting sharp corner is carefully cut off with scissors, through which the contents will be squeezed out onto the prepared surface.
DIY pastry bag from a fragment of a used aluminum can
The materials you will need for this type of pastry bag are: a used aluminum drink can, a strong plastic bag and tape.
Stage 1
Wash the aluminum can from any remaining drink and dust and cut it into pieces. Cut off the top and bottom parts, leaving the middle in the form of a ring from the walls of the jar. Cut the ring lengthwise. So you got it a metal sheet made of thin aluminum.
Stage 2
Fold the metal sheet into a funnel and secure the outer edge with tape.
Stage 3
Cut the narrow edge of the funnel with jagged teeth into a star shape or other design as desired.
Stage 4
Use scissors to cut off the corner of the plastic bag. Regarding the angle, the cutout should not rise higher than 2 cm.
Stage 5
Paste metal nozzle into the bag so that it is fixed and cannot be pulled out through this hole.
A DIY pastry bag made from a fragment of an aluminum can is ready. You can fill it with dough or cream and get to work.