To facilitate their own work, culinary experts of all times and peoples always come up with all sorts of useful things in the household. They rightfully include a pastry bag, which allows the chef to show and consolidate his own imagination in the preparation of certain dishes, especially baked goods. And some cakes generally look like real works of art. Because, using a pastry bag, you can not only draw all sorts of petal flowers, but also create real "oil paintings" (both in direct and in figurative meaning of this phrase).
Usage history
Nobody knows for certain when and where this kitchen "gadget" appeared. The first information about its use is found in old cookbooks, when cakes and pastries became fashionable at royal courts in Europe. Even then, in the Renaissance, baked goods and some other products for royal tables could not be imagined by culinary experts without proper decorations. Mainly used berries, fruits, cream and figurines from it. Probably, it was then that one of the cooks came up with the idea of figuratively squeezing the whipped cream out of a linen bag. Pastry bag(or rather, his longtime ancestor) gained further popularity with the formation of the bourgeoisie as a class. And to this day, many cakes and cupcakes - favorite treat bourgeois - it is difficult to imagine without pretentious patterns. On the modern kitchens the use of this device is wide enough. And any housewife who loves to make baked goods uses it with pleasure and constancy.
How to make a piping bag?
But what to do for those novice culinary specialists who have not yet started up such "light artillery" in their arsenal, and urgently need to decorate baked goods before the arrival of guests? There is an exit. Let's try to make a piping bag with our own hands. It is done quite simply. The principle of pressing and squeezing is used, while the sweet mass is pushed in the direction you need and in the required volume.
From the package - the most primitive
We take dense and transparent plastic bag(best with zip fastener). We open and fill with the cream prepared in advance (we perform the procedure with a spoon). Fasten or tighten the filled bag from above. Cut off a small piece from one of the bottom corners. We press gently and proceed to decorate the cake.
Waxed paper
Using confectionery parchment, we make a disposable decorating device. To do this, cut out a large enough triangle from paper and fold it into a cone. We bend the edges from above to the center, thus securing the structure. Cut off from the bottom to get a hole through which the cream will flow. At the bottom, at the neck, you can also cut a curly piece (it turns out some semblance of a curly nozzle). We fill the structure with cream and start decorating the baked goods prepared in advance.
Made of fabric - durable
The fabric version already resembles a professional device sold in stores. You can easily sew it yourself. Use a fabric that wears well and does not fade (such as teak). Cut out a triangle from the canvas, fold it into a cone and sew it. We cut the lower corner under the plug-in nozzle. There is no need to turn the bag inside out - the seams must be on the outside.
Pastry bag nozzles
They are sold in abundance in stores. But since you sewed with your own hands cloth bag, you can make the nozzles in the same way. So, we make curly removable attachments for our bag. We take a plastic bottle from a drink with a neck. We cut off the neck, and in the lid we cut out a hole of any planned shape (it is more convenient to do this by marking it in advance with a marker).
The hole can be in the form of a snowflake, crown, star. For work, we use an ordinary clerical knife. Next, we insert the nozzle into the hole of the bag and fasten it with a slotted lid.
How to make a piping bag at home with your own hands to do delicious cakes and cakes? This requires only a few materials at hand. Plastic bag, plastic bottle or oiled paper can be found at any housewife. These materials make a good temporary substitute for professional equipment.
DIY cellophane pastry bag
The easiest version of a homemade confectionery device. To make it, you only need a sturdy plastic bag and scissors. It is best to use a bag with a fastener, it is more convenient to squeeze the cream out of it. First fill the bag tightly with the cream, then cut off the tip. After that, the homemade pastry bag is completely ready to use. Its main advantage is its low cost - it can be used and immediately thrown away.Cellophane files, which are more durable than regular sachets, work well.
If you need to make an inscription on the cake or a thin pattern, pierce the bag filled with cream with a needle.
Paper bag
For making, you need parchment paper, which is used for baking. Plain paper is not suitable as it gets wet and tears quickly.
Cut a triangle out of paper and fold it into a cone. The edges of the paper should fit snugly together so that the cream does not penetrate between them. Bend the upper edges down a little so that the cone does not fall apart. There should be no hole at the bottom. First fill the cone with cream, then cut off the tip.
Cloth bag
For manufacturing you need thick fabric so that the cream does not penetrate into the small holes between the fibers. Cut a triangle out of it and sew a cone. The seam should be outside, then it will not get clogged with cream. Sew an attachment from a plastic bottle or purchased separately from a store into the bag.
A curly nozzle can be made from a plastic cap. Just cut out a specific shape on it.
Homemade pastry bags can help out 1-2 times. But if you make pastries a lot, it's better to buy a real bag in the store. It is much more convenient, and you can purchase a set with different attachments for it.
A pastry bag is an indispensable assistant for any hostess who loves to bake cookies, pastries and cakes, decorating them with patterns made of creams. It is a narrow conical bag, into which nozzles for decoration are inserted. Of course, you can buy it in the store, but it's easier and more interesting to make it yourself. Moreover, it is not that difficult. There are three manufacturing methods: paper and bag and cloth. In our master class, we will show you all the ways.
You can watch the video for more details:
You will need a plastic bag, paper, and scissors. And, of course, the desire to create!
You can use any plastic container, for example, a milk or ketchup bag, an office file, etc.
- First you need to choose a fabric. See that it washes well and does not fade. It is best to give preference to teak.
- Cut a triangle out of the fabric. Sew it into a cone. Cut the bottom corner.
- Now you need to sew in the attachment and fold in the seams. Just do not twist the work, otherwise the cream may clog into the seams.
So ours is ready easy job... Remember to wash the bag after each use and then dry thoroughly. Paper and bag piping bags are usually short-lived, but can be easily redone.
Many people ask themselves the question: how to make jewelry with cream? Well, let's figure it out.
First you need to put the attachment on the made bag. Fill it halfway with cream and close.
You should make patterns with your left hand, and hold the bag with your right hand and press on it with a light movement.
You can draw any pattern on sweets, but stars and dots are especially popular. Use the round nozzle to make dots. Extrude a point and release pressure on the pouch by lifting it vertically. In the same way, you need to work with the stars. When worried, the hand may tremble, thus the drawings are blurry. To prevent this from happening, just substitute left hand as a support. For small patterns and lettering, hold the nozzle close to the cake.
That's all the secrets. It remains to wish the hostesses delicious pastries and creative flight of imagination.
DIY aquarium design, design with photo examples
Housewives often bake cakes and pastries at home. The main tool for decorating baked creations is a pastry bag. But what if it's not there? In this case, you need to make a piping bag with your own hands, photos and step-by-step instructions will help. Exist different ways for the manufacture of such an element.
Homemade polyethylene pastry bag
The most common method for making a baking bag is using a plastic bag. For these purposes, it is recommended to take a material with a high density. The package may have a zip fastener. Regular polyethylene material can be simply tied with a knot.
Step-by-step instructions for making a bag:
- A pre-prepared cream or pastry mousse is poured into a plastic bag.
- The bag is fixed with a fastener, or tied with a knot (with an elastic band).
- A small piece is cut from one corner of the material with scissors.
The result is a practical cellophane pastry bag. The more the corner is cut off, the thicker the cream is squeezed out. Therefore, if you need to make a beautiful thin inscription on the cake, then you should cut off a small corner. In any case, experts recommend experimenting with the result in advance. 
With a homemade pastry bag, you can easily decorate ready-made cookies or baked cakes. Thanks to this device, housewives make symbolic inscriptions or beautiful images on baked goods. In addition to a plastic bag, some craftswomen use a sheet of parchment or cloth. It is enough to sew a bag of the required size and make a hole in it.
How to make a piping bag from a bottle
To make a functional device, you need a small plastic bottle. You can make a bag for curly drawings from it. Such a product will serve for a long time. 
For cooking, you will need the following elements:
- bottle cap;
- cut off the neck of the bottle;
- plastic or cloth bag;
- knife.
- On the lid, you need to draw the desired pattern and carefully cut it out.
- The lid is screwed to the cut neck.
- A hole is made in a pastry bag made of fabric or a bag in order to stick a neck with a lid there.
- All elements are interconnected.
- Cream is poured into the resulting bag and the desired pattern is made.
Thanks to this method, you can make different patterns of flowers, snowflakes or geometric shapes... It is enough to use different caps with holes. Thus, the decoration of a cake or other dish will amaze guests with its originality.
Exist different variants preparation of a confectionery device. It can be used to decorate not only sweet dishes. It is used to decorate salads and soups. In the photo there is a do-it-yourself pastry bag, which every housewife can make easily and quickly. Such methods are especially relevant for women who rarely use such devices. Therefore, there is no need to buy them.
A good hostess strives to make her culinary masterpieces not only tasty, but also have an original appetizing look. For unusual design dishes now have many different gadgets. One of these - culinary syringe. Syringe with attachments comfortable enjoy, or you can even do it yourself. The cheat sheet will tell you how.
Cooking syringe - what is it?
A confectionery (culinary) syringe is a kitchen device that is used to decorate cakes, cookies with whipped whites or other cream, as well as to decorate salads with mayonnaise. With its help, you can lay out the dough for making eclairs in dosed portions or give the dough an exquisite shape.
In terms of its structure, a culinary syringe is similar to a medical one. It consists of a cylinder into which the cream is loaded and a piston with which this cream is squeezed out. The volume is different from 200g to 2l. A large syringe is not very convenient to use, and a small one often has to be replenished with cream. The syringe can be plastic, silicone or stainless steel. The latter, of course, is the most durable, sealed, but you have to make an effort to squeeze out the cream.
How to use the cooking syringe?
Culinary syringe sold together with a set of various attachments (straight cut, oblique cut, with teeth, stars, etc.), with the help of which any cake or pastry can easily and quickly turn into an amazing masterpiece.
With the help of a syringe, you can decorate the cake with any pattern: flowers, leaves, animal figures, various inscriptions, zigzags, a net, make a border around the edge of the product.
To make a rose, take a piece of biscuit, line the edges, put it on a fork and brush with cream. Now start making petals. Take the fork in your left hand and slowly turn, with your right hand - apply the petals, squeezing the cream out of the syringe. In the middle, make small petals, and closer to the edges, make larger and higher ones. With another fork, remove the rose and place it on the desired area of the cake.
Make the leaves with a cone-shaped nozzle. A nozzle with a wide flattened end can be used to make bows, ruffles, lambrequins to decorate the borders of the cake. Nozzle with several small holes use for making animal figurines fluffy. There are nozzles to make even smooth stripes, and there are corrugated ones. With their help, the edges of the cake can be decorated in an original way in the form of a wicker basket.
Use a narrow nozzle with a straight cut to write on the cake or create a lace pattern by drawing straight and wavy lines. There are nozzles with flowers, stars, hearts, small and a little more. To make the cake even more festive, let it be different colors or just two, for example, white and chocolate.
Ways to make a culinary syringe with your own hands
In a situation where there is no special syringe with attachments in the kitchen, you can make a culinary syringe with your own hands... There are several ways:
1. A bag of mayonnaise with a spout.
If you rarely bake baked goods, then there is no need to buy special device... The pastry syringe (bag) is easy to make yourself. We take a bag of mayonnaise with a dispenser, cut off the bottom and rinse thoroughly inside. Then fill with cream and start decorating sweets!
2. Paper bag.
You will need a triangular piece of baking paper or plain white thick paper. We put the triangle with the base towards us. We take one of the ends of the triangle and wrap it inward so that it connects to the upper corner. We wrap the other end around the resulting cone. The ends of the triangle should converge at one point. Now we wrap the ends several times inside the bag for fixing. Cut off the end by about 1 cm. Fill with cream and wrap the edges of the bag. It should be noted that such a device is suitable for small doses of cream. You cannot use such a syringe for a long time - it will get wet.
3. Culinary syringe (package) from a plastic bottle
To make a pastry syringe with your own hands we need a plastic bottle with a screw cap, a pencil, a utility knife, and a sturdy plastic bag. Draw the shape of the future hole in the lid. Cut out the pattern with a clerical knife. Cut off the top of the bottle - only it is useful to us. Fill the bag with cream and thread it into the opening of the neck, tighten the lid. Such a device can be beautifully decorated with ice cream, cakes or cake. Watch the video for clarity.
Let your desserts delight you and your family. Bon Appetit!