To write properly with an icing it is most important to use a thinned down icing or a piping jelly. By using a thin icing it is possible to draw out thin lines without having the lines break. Before attempting writing, you must realize that it is possible to write very beautifully on a cake and still have a very bad script with a pen. In writing with a pen we normally use the fingers for our various curves and lines. Using the tube, we move the entire arm.

Every decorator, after he becomes fairly efficient in tube writing, will have a recognized style of his own.Before attempting to write on a cake you will find it much easier to practice on a hard surface, such as a cookie pan.