How Do You Make Parchment Paper Cones For Icing?
Many accomplished cake decorators use parchment cones to pipe icings and fillings onto pastries. Parchment paper cones are more conducive to beautiful decorator results because a cake decorator has more control over a parchment cone than a standard pastry bag. Because parchment cones are disposable, you can easily make up one paper cone for each color of frosting and simplify your cake decorating process. Make small or large parchment cones for the amount of icing you need to apply to pastries. Determine what size parchment cone you need. If you want to place approximately 1 cup of icing into the cone, you will need a 16-inch-by-12-inch sheet of parchment paper cut in half, into two triangles. If you want to place approximately ½ cup of icing into the cone, cut an 8-inch-by-12-inch rectangle in half, into two triangles. Tear off an appropriate size sheet of parchment paper and measure it into a rectangle to make either a large or a small cone. Cut the rectangle in half diagonally to ma
