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Learning to pipe flowers with buttercream can seem hard but with practice you will be awesome at it. Below is the perfect recipe to help you achieve beautiful buttercream flowers in no time. I love using Swiss Meringue Buttercream to pipe for a few reasons.  It produces a smooth buttercream, the consistency is perfect for piping and best of all, it's not super sweet. Here are few tips to achieve a smooth buttercream: - Ensure all equipment are clean and dry as grease or oil residue will prevent the egg whites foaming. - Any trace of egg yolks in the egg white mixture will prevent the egg whites from foaming as egg yolks are high in fat. - Butter and eggs are best at room temperature.  Butter can be taken out of the refrigerator the night before.  Very important that the butter is soft when making the buttercream to avoid lumps. - Ensure the sugar is completely dissolved before removing from the heat to avoid grainy buttercream. - Important that the meringue mixture is com...