Learn to Ice like a Biscuiteer this New Year

It’s that time of year again, the prosecco has long been popped and poured and the fireworks displays are done and dusted, now cue the question ‘What’s your New Year's resolution?’

Rather than setting (and potentially breaking) the usual new year goals this January, why not opt for a resolution that will fill you with joy all year long and learn to ice like a Biscuiteer.

It’s never been easier for a budding baker to learn the tricks of the trade, particularly when the master icers and bakers at the Ministry of Biscuits have created a whole host of helpful YouTube videos to help you get started.

From the icing basics to intricate icing tutorials and baking ‘how to’, check out some of our favourite tutorials below that’ll kick start your tastiest New Year’s resolution yet. Remember, once you’ve mastered all the tips and tricks below you can watch more over on our YouTube channel.

1. How to Fill and Prepare a Piping Bag
   Learning how to fill an icing bag is one of the most important things to learn as a beginner – if the piping bag isn’t filled correctly, it can cause air bubbles to form which can affect the quality of icing. That’s why in this first tutorial we’re showing you how to correctly fill and prepare a piping bag.

2. Cookie Icing Tips and Tricks from the Experts
In this tutorial, we’re showing off some of the key foundational tools that’ll help you create beautifully hand-iced biscuits. Find out why you should always keep your cookie dough chilled, how you can use the oven to help you ice cookies perfectly, some secret cookie icing hacks and expert icing techniques, and how to cut cookies without a cookie cutter!

3. Icing Consistencies for Cookie Decorating
Now you’ve learnt how to perfectly prepare your biscuits and icing equipment, in this third video we’re demonstrating the different types of icing we use here at the Ministry of Biscuits. We work with two different types of royal icing consistency, including flood icing and line icing, and we will explain the roles they play in icing cookies.

4. How to ice details delicately
Now for the details, at the Ministry of Biscuits, we tend to use line icing to add the finer details to our biscuits. In this biscuit icing tutorial, we’ll be taking you through some of our exclusive tips on using line icing for biscuits, and showing you how to add small details and texture to your biscuit designs to help bring them to life.

5. How to Decorate a Cupcake
Whilst we’re best known as the original hand-iced biscuit company, our patisserie team also creates beautifully handmade cupcakes for our Icing Boutiques in London. In this video we’re sharing three different ways to perfectly decorate a cupcake - starting with a basic buttercream swirl, followed by a technique using an open star nozzle, and finally a 3D floral cupcake piping technique.

More ways to learn to ice like a Biscuiteer...
As well as our online icing tutorials, there are plenty of ways to get hands on and pursue your new icing skill this new year…
DIY Icing Kits
A great place to start your new year resolution of becoming a Biscuiteer is with one of our delightful DIY Icing Kits. Inside each of our kits you’ll find everything you need to perfectly ice your biscuits at home with biscuits, piping bags, icing sugar and colourful decorations all included.

What’s more you can even follow step by step tutorials for our icing kits on our YouTube channel.
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School of Icing Classes
At our School of Icing masterclassesi, you’ll learn all of the techniques we use in the Grand Icing Hall at the Ministry of Biscuits. In this two our session, led by one of our master icers, we’ll show you how to create your own iconic biscuit designs with some of our favourite icing techniques, including line and flood icing, piping and feathering.

Our School of Icing is a perfect present for any budding baker and a great opportunity for you to hone in on a new skill this new year. You can book right now and visit us at one of our biscuit boutiques in Belgravia or Notting Hill or purchase a School of Icing Class Gift Certificate and gift to a friend (or yourself!) to book later for a time that suits you both.

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