Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network February 2016 | Page 20

How to create a parchment bag
Parchment bags are a quick, easy way to pipe chocolate. The chocolate inside can be gently re-melted
in the microwave time and time again, so they’re handy to have on hand for writing messages on cakes
or piping intricate chocolate garnishes.
Step 18:
Start with a square of
baking paper.
Fold the baking paper
in half on the diagonal,
tidying up the edges if
they aren’t quite square.

Step 22:
Bring the bottom right
corner up and around,
and hold in place.

Step 19:
Open the paper and cut
on the diagonal fold.

Step 20:
You now have the base
for two parchment bags.

Step 23:
Repeat the process with
the bottom left corner.
Manipulate the corners
until you have a sharp
point at the end of the
parchment bag. There
should not be a hole at
the bottom of the cone.
Fold over the corners
inside the bag twice to
secure.

Step 24:
You now have a parchment
bag ready to use!

Step 21:
Hold one piece of
parchment by the top
corner (the corner with
the shortest distance to
the opposite side of the
paper).