Wilton 12 — 1 piping techniques

By The Sugar Bench · Newest card released 17 September 2026

What this number pipes

Graduated beads that shrink by a millimetre at a time - the cheapest way to make a plain cake look designed.

Wilton 12 Medium Beginner Lace & Fill

The same number pipes the same shape in the Wilton and PME systems; the opening differs by under 0.3 mm.
Wilton 12 is a common number, so replacing it singly is cheaper than buying a set - most sets are half numbers you will not use.
A narrow opening, so rinse it the moment it comes off the coupler; dried icing deforms the blade.
Tighten the coupler ring to finger pressure only. Forcing it crushes a thin blade out of shape.
Keep two of the same number: one lives with the deep colours (wine, ink), which stain metal permanently.

One squeeze, six broad teeth, and a stripe of pale pink that reads as a rose.

Wilton 2D Medium Beginner

A full open rose built from seven crescent petals, no flower nail needed.

Wilton 124 Stiff Intermediate

The fourteen-petal rose that has been the standard since the 1950s, piped on a flower nail.

Wilton 104 Stiff Intermediate