When baking a cake or cake, we think about how best to decorate it. You can just pour it with glaze, or you can decorate it with painted flowers, patterns and petals. To create intricate cream or paste patterns, you will need a piping bag.
But what to do if there is no such bag at hand, and you need to decorate the cakes with cream or make rosettes from cookie dough right now. Do not despair, you can make a pastry bag with your own hands from improvised materials.
DIY pastry bag from a plastic bottle and a plastic bag
In order to make carved patterns from cream, you need the mass to be squeezed out of a bag with a carved tip. It must be firm and withstand any pressure placed on it, otherwise the pattern will not work. For these purposes, a plastic bottle is used.
You will need the following materials: a plastic bottle, a small clean plastic bag ik, marker, scissors and stationery knife.
Stage 1
Measure 4-5 cm from the top of the bottle and mark. Make several marks and connect them with one line. Next, cut the neck along the intended strip with scissors. To work, you only need the neck of the bottle, so the rest of it can be thrown into the trash can.
Stage 2
Unscrew the cork and remove the inner silicone layer from it, which is in each lid.
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 with a marker in the center, draw a pattern that you would like to get. Using a clerical knife, cut out the pattern along the contour. Do not hold back your fantasies, because from what cut you make, this will be the pattern.
Stage 5
Insert the silicone layer back into the lid. Once again, thoroughly wash the neck and cork of the bottle from plastic chips and dust.
Stage 6
Cut off one corner of the bag by 2 cm, put it on the thread and twist the cap so that the bag is reinforced between the cap and the thread of the bottle neck. If you fix the bag poorly, then the bottle will not hold and you will not be able to work with such a bag.
There is another option, how else can you fasten the bag and the neck of the bottle. Insert the package into it. Pass the cut corner of the bag into the neck, inserting it from the side of the cut part and remove it from the neck. Screw the edges of the bag onto the threads and screw on the lid.
In other words, the neck of the bottle will be put on the cut corner of the package, and the edges of the cut corner of the package will be turned out and fixed with a twisted cap. So, you got a pastry bag with your own hands. Cake cream or cookie dough is placed in a bag, and it will be squeezed out through the lid, acquiring 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 in which the mass is located 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 cap for easy drinking.
It can be used as a kind of pattern, wearing it 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 pastry bag made of paper
For this type of pastry bag, you will need a sheet of strong waterproof paper and scissors. A sheet of parchment paper is perfect for baking.
Stage 1
Make an even square out of the sheet and fold it in half obliquely or from corner to corner.
Stage 2
Lay the resulting triangle so that it looks at a right angle up, and with the folded part towards you. Two sharp corners are located on the sides.
Stage 3
Now roll it up with a funnel. The image below shows how to roll properly.
Stage 4
The top edges can get in the way when working with confectionery, so they are bent or cut off.
After filling the bag with contents, the edges (if you have not cut them off) can be wrapped 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 beautiful star or wave pattern.
Do-it-yourself pastry bag is ready. It is disposable, so at the end of the work it is thrown into the trash.
Such a bag made of paper is perfect for working with a delicate texture of cream or paste. For dense dough, use a pastry bag made of a harder material.
DIY pastry bag from a plastic bag
In order to make such a bag, you need a dense plastic bag. In terms of density, cellophane is quite suitable, from which the sleeve for baking products in the oven or a file for documents is made.
Option 1
The cellophane cloth is folded with a funnel, as in the previous version of the paper pastry bag. An acute angle is cut in the form of a pattern or a semicircular hole.
Option 2
You can also use it with a bag in which the cream is placed, and then rolled up with a funnel. In this case, the resulting sharp corner is carefully cut with scissors, through which the contents will be squeezed onto the prepared surface.
DIY pastry bag from a fragment of a used aluminum can
As materials for this type of pastry bag, you will need: a used aluminum can from a drink, a strong plastic bag and adhesive tape.
Stage 1
Wash the aluminum can from the remains of the drink and dust and cut it into pieces. Cut off the top and bottom parts from it, leaving the middle in the form of a ring from the walls of the jar. Cut the ring lengthwise. Thus, you have a metal sheet of thin aluminum.
Stage 2
Fold the metal sheet into a funnel and secure the outer edge with tape.
Stage 3
Cut out the narrow edge of the funnel with serrated teeth in the shape of an asterisk or other pattern you like.
Stage 4
Cut off the corner with scissors cellophane bag. Regarding the corner, the cutout should not rise higher than 2 cm.
Stage 5
Paste metal nozzle into the bag so that it is fixed and not pulled out through this hole.
A do-it-yourself confectionery bag from a fragment of an aluminum can is ready. You can fill it with dough or cream and get to work.
Cakes without ornate cream patterns look boring and not at all appetizing. If the aromas of homemade baking often hover in your home, then you probably have a pastry bag. And what about those housewives who do not have this device, but urgently need to decorate pastries? What can replace a pastry bag?
You can make a homemade pastry bag with your own hands both from plain paper, which you can always find at home, or from a plastic bag or fabric. It all depends on how much free time you have. Here are some ideas on how to make your own pastry bag.
plastic bag bagAll you need to make this bag is a bag and scissors. First, pick up a tight transparent plastic bag (preferably with a zip fastener). Open it and gently fill it with cream with a spoon. Then fasten the clasp or secure the bag with a knot (elastic band). Cut off a small corner of the bag, and you can start decorating the baked goods.
It is worth noting that one should not expect culinary "miracles" from this bag. You are unlikely to succeed in achieving the same thickness of the extruded cream, and there is no opportunity to make curly decorations. In addition, such bags are disposable, which will not please the opponents of environmental pollution.
paper bagHomemade paper pastry bags somewhat expand the possibilities of housewives. You can use waxed paper, confectionery parchment. If the paper is thick, then you can cut out a figured corner, which will be a 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! From above, fix the edges 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 plastic bottle. Cut off the neck, and cut a hole of any shape in the lid. It can be an asterisk, and a crown, and something like a snowflake. We recommend that you first draw the figure with a marker to make it easier to cut. It remains only to screw the lid with a curly nozzle to the bag.
fabric bagIn stores you can find reusable pastry bags made of synthetic fabric. But it is not difficult to make such a device with your own hands. Before sewing a pastry bag, make sure that the fabric is well washed and does not shed. An excellent choice - teak. This fabric washes well and is thick.
So, we cut out a triangle from the fabric, sew it into a cone, and cut off the lower corner. Be sure to try on the nozzles so as not to cut off the excess! Then we sew the nozzle, and we bend the seams. It is not necessary to turn the bag inside out, the seams should be outside so that the cream does not clog in them. After use, the bag must be washed without using detergents and dry. This bag will last you a long time.
It is worth noting that homemade bags will not replace professional pastry tools, as they do not allow you to achieve clear cream patterns. This is perfect solution for housewives who do not often pamper their family with beautifully decorated homemade cakes. But for a one-time use, homemade paper, cellophane or fabric pastry bags are quite suitable.
The pastry bag is indispensable assistant any hostess who loves to bake cookies, cakes and cakes, decorating them with cream patterns. It is a narrow conical bag, into which nozzles are inserted for decoration. Of course, you can buy it in the store, but it's easier and more interesting to make it yourself. Moreover, it is not so difficult. There are three manufacturing methods: from paper and bag and fabric. In our master class, we will show you all the ways.
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You will need a plastic bag, paper and scissors. And, of course, the desire to create!
You can use any plastic containers, 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 shed. It is best to give preference to teak.
- Cut out a triangle from the fabric. Sew it into a cone. Cut off the bottom corner.
- Now you need to sew in the cap and fold the seams. Just do not turn the work inside out, otherwise the cream may clog into the seams.
Here we are ready easy job. Remember that after each use, the bag must be washed and then dried thoroughly. Paper and bag pastry bags are usually used for a short time, but they can be easily remade.
Many people ask themselves: how to make cream decorations? Well, let's see.
First you need to put the nozzle on the made bag. Fill it with cream to the middle and close.
You should make patterns with your left hand, and hold the bag with your right hand and press it with a slight movement.
You can draw any pattern on sweets, but asterisks and dots are especially popular. To make points, use a round nozzle. Extrude a point and stop pressure on the pouch by lifting it vertically. Similarly, you need to work with the stars. When excited, the hand may tremble, thereby the drawings are blurred. To prevent this from happening, just substitute left hand as a support. To apply small patterns and inscriptions, hold the nozzle close to the cake.
That's all the secrets. It remains to wish the hostesses delicious pastries and creative flight of fancy.
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Any festive feast traditionally ends with dessert, the appearance of a bright colorful cake. The hostess needs to apply all her imagination and skill to decorate pastries. There are many techniques for decorating desserts. The most accessible and inexpensive is the use of a confectionery syringe (bag) with a variety of nozzles. Using them, you can make flowers, borders, inscriptions from cream. In the absence of such devices, it is not difficult to make a pastry bag with your own hands.
You can independently make simple devices for decorating cakes and cakes.
DIY pastry bag (disposable)
The material for the manufacture of such a variant of the product can be a dense polyethylene bag, a file, a bag for freezing food. Place the cream in the resulting bag, remove the air, secure with an elastic band. Cut off the corner desired diameter considering the size of your decor. The larger the diameter of the hole, the larger decorations you can make. It is easy to use this device, after the end of work it must be thrown away.
A convenient durable bag can be made from a dense file. Cut the file almost diagonally, leaving one triangle larger than the other. Take two bushes of parchment approximately 40 by 40 cm in size. Place a larger triangle between these sheets, iron the cut line with the hottest possible iron without steam. Remove parchment. The seam is very strong. Cut off the corner of the triangular bag. If you will insert a nozzle, be guided by its size.
Reusable option
To make a bag you will need dense fabric, for example, tick. It is very dense, does not pass even the smallest particles. Cut out a triangle 35–40 cm high and 30–35 cm wide at the base. Choose the size of the hole in the upper part so that the nozzle you are going to use fits snugly. Sew side part triangle, overcast the seam. Insert nozzle. The seam should be on the front side of the product, the cream will clog less, the product will be easier to wash.
Do-it-yourself confectionery syringe
According to your device cooking syringe similar to medical. It is a cylinder with a piston into which the cream is loaded. It comes with a large set of all kinds of nozzles, with which it is easy to decorate a cake or make curly cookies. If this device was not at hand or you use it very rarely, you can make cream injector with your own hands at home.
Here are a few options:
- You will need an empty mayonnaise bag with a dispenser. Cut off the bottom of the bag, rinse it well from the inside. Wipe with a napkin, fill with cream and start decorating baking.
- You can make a confectionery syringe with your own hands from a plastic bottle. In the cork, use an awl or knitting needle to make a hole of the required size. If you're decorating pastries, you'll need a small hole. If you want to make curly cookies, make the hole larger. Close the bottle with a cap, cut off the bottom, fill it with cream or dough.
DIY confectionery nozzles
If you didn’t have a professional syringe at hand, you can make interesting cream nozzles with your own hands: 
- You will need a plastic juice bottle with a wider mouth than usual. Cut off the neck along with the lid. From tin can cut out circles slightly smaller than the diameter of the lid. In these circles, cut holes in the shape of various stars, punch several round or oblong holes. Cut off the corner of the plastic bag, insert the bottle cap into this hole, secure with tape. Put a tin circle in the lid, fill the bag with cream or dough. With this simple device, you can make all kinds of cream decorations.
- To create inscriptions and fine lines on the surface of the cake, you need a nozzle in the form of a thin cone. In this case, a plastic bottle with a standard neck will also come to the rescue. Pinch the bottle cap with tweezers or pliers, use a candle or lighter to heat its bottom. When the plastic becomes soft, pierce the center of the lid with a wooden toothpick, cool. Once the plastic has hardened, cut off the tip of the toothpick and remove it. You will get a lid with a sharp cone. Use scissors to remove the top of the bottle. Let's figure out how to put a nozzle on a pastry bag. Make a hole in the plastic bag, thread the neck of the bottle without a cap into it, unscrew the plastic, screw the cap on. Do-it-yourself confectionery syringe is ready.
Do-it-yourself parchment cornet
With the help of a cornet, they make more elegant and small decorations for dessert, thin curls and inscriptions. To make it, you will need parchment. Cut a triangle out of paper, fold it into a cone. Secure the edges by folding them inward. This is necessary so that the cream does not get between the layers of paper. Fill it with cream, icing or chocolate. Cut off the tip of the cone, you can use a curly corner. Do-it-yourself cornet for icing is ready.
Using improvised means, you can make devices for decorating cakes yourself. Good luck to you!
Cakes without ornate cream patterns look boring and not at all appetizing. If the aromas of homemade baking often hover in your home, then you probably have a pastry bag. And what about those housewives who do not have this device, but urgently need to decorate pastries? What can replace a pastry bag?
You can make a homemade pastry bag with your own hands both from plain paper, which you can always find at home, or from a plastic bag or fabric. It all depends on how much free time you have. Here are some ideas on how to make your own pastry bag.
plastic bag bag
All you need to make this bag is a bag and scissors. First, pick up a tight transparent plastic bag (preferably with a zip fastener). Open it and gently fill it with cream with a spoon. Then fasten the clasp or secure the bag with a knot (elastic band). Cut off a small corner of the bag, and you can start decorating the baked goods.
It is worth noting that one should not expect culinary "miracles" from this bag. You are unlikely to succeed in achieving the same thickness of the extruded cream, and there is no opportunity to make curly decorations. In addition, such bags are disposable, which will not please the opponents of environmental pollution.
paper bag
Homemade paper pastry bags somewhat expand the possibilities of housewives. You can use waxed paper, confectionery parchment. If the paper is thick, then you can cut out a figured corner, which will be a 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! From above, fix the edges 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 can be an asterisk, and a crown, and something like a snowflake. We recommend that you first draw the figure with a marker to make it easier to cut. It remains only to screw the lid with a curly nozzle to the bag.
fabric bag
In stores you can find reusable pastry bags made of synthetic fabric. But it is not difficult to make such a device with your own hands. Before sewing a pastry bag, make sure that the fabric is well washed and does not shed. Great choice - teak. This fabric washes well and is thick.
So, we cut out a triangle from the fabric, sew it into a cone, and cut off the lower corner. Be sure to try on the nozzles so as not to cut off the excess! Then we sew the nozzle, and we bend the seams. It is not necessary to turn the bag inside out, the seams should be outside so that the cream does not clog in them. After use, the bag must be washed without the use of detergents and dried. This bag will last you a long time.
It is worth noting that homemade bags will not replace professional pastry tools, as they do not allow you to achieve clear cream patterns. This is a great solution for housewives who do not often pamper their family with beautifully decorated homemade cakes. But for a one-time use, homemade paper, cellophane or fabric pastry bags are quite suitable.