The Ateco set includes a single plastic coupler, but you need extra couplers if you want to use one for each bag of colored icing. “If you want to switch tips, or if a piece of sugar in your frosting gets lodged in the end of the tip, it makes it really easy to clean out,” she said. The coupler lets you easily remove a piping tip. Jones-Mann also likes using a coupler, a two-piece plastic insert that can secure the selected piping tip onto the piping bag. Jones-Mann prefers to use a simple number 2 round piping tip to create individual strands over a “grass tip” with multiple holes. She makes her intricate designs by using a piping tip that’s available in the most basic sets (Wirecutter recommends the Ateco 14-Piece Cake Decorating Set). Jones-Mann re-creates Mexican embroidery and cactus gardens in frosting but is probably most well-known for her “shag cakes,” which she pipes by hand to create richly colored water-topography shapes with a carpetlike texture.
To find out what other tools Instagram bakers use to achieve flawless edges, vibrant colors, and eye-catching designs, we talked to Jones-Mann ( Ko ( and vegan-cake baker Dawn Konofaos ( Pipe like a pro
I’ve moved to a rolling pastry wheel and I have a basic ruler that I mainly use as a straight edge,” Ko said. “I started with a sharp paring knife and a sharp chef’s knife. Despite the precise look of her work, she doesn’t rely on X-Acto knives or stencils. Lauren Ko, a self-taught pie baker who makes “modern geometric pie art” in Seattle, uses pie dough and firm fruits to create freehand designs. “Some people might look at my cakes and think they look very complex, but I only use very basic cake decorating tools,” said Alana Jones-Mann, a designer and baker based in Los Angeles. Designing #baking art looks difficult, but the bakers we talked to said their designs don’t require fancy equipment. Shag cakes, ruffle layers, string-art lattice work-these aren’t couture trends, they’re (almost) too-beautiful-to-eat cakes and pies that you can find on Instagram.
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