Heart Zipper: Wilton Frosting Tip & Frosting Bag Review

**This is my honest review. I did not receive any product or compensation. This content is 100% my own opinion.

Have you ever tried frosting a cake? Having the right tools makes all the difference!

I just recently made a "Hello Kitty" cake and cupcakes for my daughter's birthday. It wasn't my first cake and hopefully it won't be my last. I had a cake decorating lesson about 5 years ago so I learned a few tips for frosting a cake, but I am definitely not a pro. I would definitely like to learn more about cake decorating and maybe take some classes.

For this review I used the Wilton Featherweight Reusable Decorating Bag. (I used the 14" size)

I also used the Wilton Coupler Set

I had a leaf tip, a round tip, a drop flower tip, and a star tip. The only tip that I ended up using for this project was the star tip. I look forward to practicing with the other tips in the near future. You can find some tips here.

Overall I thought the products were pretty easy to use. They didn't come with much instruction so you kinda just have to know what you are doing. Since I have used frosting bags before I was able to do it pretty easy. The bags are just the right thickness. They are not too stiff so they are easy to squeeze. The only thing that I had a hard time with is my tiny hands. It is hard to hold a large bag in my tiny hands and squeeze the frosting out at the same time. I have seen many people use one hand and do it so easily. Maybe again that just might mean many years of practice. I ended up using both my hands to steady the bag since it seemed too big for my hands. Next time I will try a smaller bag and see if it is easier for me to handle. Overall the product worked wonderful and went together very easily. I liked the sizes that I have but I look forward to trying different sizes and being able to make a different design. It is amazing how just the size of the tip can change the look of your frosting and design.

I had a lot of fun on this cake and the cupcakes. I had used a homemade butter cream frosting. It is a recipe that my husband loves and makes often. I also tried my hand at fondant for the very first time. I think it turned out pretty amazing for my first fondant experience. I really do not like the taste of fondant so I decided to make my own. If you don't want to make your own you can purchase that as well and Wilton has a great fondant product.

It took me so long to smooth the frosting and to do the fondant that I didn't end up outlining the head. I wished that I would have but I was too tired after all the cake and cupcakes that I did, I decided it was good enough. I did the frosting and fondant on this cake completely by myself. The cake took me about 2 hours because I am a perfectionist and my cupcakes took me about another 2 hours the next day. I didn't have the energy to do them all in one day.

I didn't really know how I was going to end up making all these cupcake toppers but somehow I did it. I decided to cut circles and then shaped them into kitty heads. Then I added black color to some fondant (it is not easy to get black or to color fondant for that matter). I also made just a little bit of yellow since I knew I wouldn't need that much for the noses. The longest part was rolling all the pieces and trying to get them to stick exactly where I wanted them on the heads.

I look forward to having more Wilton products to use and to share.

This project took a little longer than I had anticipated but it was just because I can't let my perfectionism go. It was worth it because my daughter loved it. I also loved being the artist and creating it.

They tasted good and I hope you enjoyed seeing my creation.