Wilton Dessert Decorator Plus, Cake Decorating Tool, 28 x 5 cm diam (11 x 2 in dia), 4 tips included

I'm a novice cake maker and really wanted to take things a step further without embarrassing myself too much with the decorating side of things. I read all the reviews on here and this item seemed to be the one which best suited my proficiency. So with the help of Mary Berry's book I got to work and made her fairy cakes. So far so good. Then unpacking this little beauty was a bit scary, but I do recommend you read the item instructions. So with the fairy cakes, I used the long nozzle and filled the cakes with seedless strawberry jam and then using the star nozzle, decorated them with butter icing. Ok, so perfection comes with practise, but for a first attempt my family were pleased at being my guinea pigs, but tbh, I'd give it 5 stars just for the fun factor. Just to create and decorate something from the ordinary was very rewarding, simple to do and fun...my family are very pleased that I'm so easily pleased. It all worked exactly as it said it would and I'm now looking forward to trying out the other nozzles on other recipes.

I'm a beginner. I've struggled with piping bags. I can never seem to fill them properly. Then they splurge 🙄. This is much easier to fill I found. I like the fact too, that further down the line if I wish, I can buy more nozzles separately too.There are more parts (obviously) than a piping bag. So it is a bit faffier to clean by hand. However, I just chuck it in the dishwasher and it's fine.There is also slightly more waste of buttercream than would be with a piping bag. But it's not a lot more.Warning: Do not screw the coupler on too tight or it will split a little 🙈.A few more nozzles to come with it would have been good. But, for the price I'm very happy. In fact, I ended up buying one for the mother in law too 😊.

My 12 year old daughter loves making cup cakes but she cannot use the traditional piping bags as her coordination in her hands is not 100% perfect which is why we decided on this product. I am extremely pleased with my purchase and would definitely recommend it. My daughter can now finally make cupcakes!! Because it is made of plastic It is much easier to clean than a piping bag. The piping bag never really felt clean after washing it but we have used the Decorator Plus many times and it's as good as new. To fill the Decorator Plus, we found it easier to place it into a tall glass, so you have your hands free for transferring the icing into the tube. To transfer the icing we used a tea spoon with a very long handle as obviously the opening is not as wide as a piping bag and the long spoon enables you to push the mixture down. We only need to fill it twice to make 12 cupcakes. I have just brought a cake pop maker for my daughter and will use the Decorator Plus to put the mixture into the maker.

I wasn’t expecting much for the price of this but thought it was worth a go as I’ve tried to pipe icing on to cupcakes before with no luck. This is excellent! Easy to use and the results were great. Look at the photo on the front of the box to see how to hold as there’s no instructions in the box 🧁

Don’t waste your money connector broke in half after 3 uses and now item useless

I bought this after my previous syringe got so old it needed replacing. However I find it difficult to handle as it appears to be designed for quite a large hand so piping is tricky compared to my old model. The nozzle coupler also broke fairly soon after purchasing without using any excessive force. I am able to still use it, but I tend to just use a piping bag now.

I’m fairly new to decorating and found this tool so helpful. There’s lots of piping nozzles so you can make loads of designs. One issue was every now and again the icing would pop out and ruin the pattern, easily fixable with a knife though. Think how easy it is to clean depends on the icing you use as I used a chocolate butter cream which I struggled to get out of the tube, could be the cream rather than the product itself though. I definitely recommend this, it’s so much easier than a piping bag!

I bought this kit because it appeared to be a great way for me to learn how to ice cakes using designs. It's been an easy learning curve, although, I'm slightly disappointed because it appears that the other stainless steel Wilton tips do not fit this item. Still, it's a handy tool to have around.