Star Socket #16

Wilton

Wilton Tip #16 - Star

Medium closed star tip for fluted borders and textured piping

The Wilton Tip #16 is a stainless steel pastry tip in the American standard size, a signature of the Wilton brand, a global reference in cake design since 1929. Star profile for medium closed star: fluted borders and textured piping, compatible with all disposable and reusable piping bags, with or without adapter.

Professional quality food-grade stainless steel: the tip maintains its shape under pressure, does not deform over time, and remains dishwasher safe for intensive use in pastry labs or demanding home kitchens. The #16 tip is documented in all Wilton manuals and recognized by all professional cake designers trained in the Wilton system.

Technical Specifications

• • Brand: Wilton (USA)
• • Wilton Reference: #16
• • Tip Type: star
• • Family: star
• • Material: professional quality food-grade stainless steel
• • Compatibility: disposable and reusable piping bags, with or without adapter
• • Care: hand washable and dishwasher safe

Recommended Uses

• • Fluted Borders: star-shaped edges on cupcakes and standard entremets.
• • Cupcake Rosettes: classic star spiral topping, standard size for pastry shops.
• • Pie Borders: structured crowns in buttercream or whipped ganache.
• • Ruched Layer Cakes: ruched effect with overlapping piping on the cake sides.
• • Pavlova Decoration: Italian meringue rosettes on entremets and yule logs.

Instructions

1. Setup: place the tip inside an empty piping bag, tip pointing toward the end.
2. Cut: cut the end of the bag to the base of the tip for a perfect fit, neither too wide nor too tight.
3. Fill: fill the bag two-thirds full with your mixture (buttercream, whipped ganache, stabilized whipped cream), press out air by squeezing toward the tip.
4. Pipe: hold the bag vertically 1 cm from the surface, squeeze with a steady motion according to the desired pattern.
5. Clean: rinse immediately after use with warm soapy water. Dishwasher safe.

Patissland Tip for Wilton Tip #16

The consistency of your buttercream affects the regularity of the star pattern. Too soft a cream loses the relief of the flutes, too firm a cream partially blocks the grooves. Aim for a ribbon-like texture on the spatula. For whipped creams, add 2 g of mascarpone per 100 g of cream to stabilize the piping.

Product Information

• Brand: Wilton (USA)
• Reference: #16
• Type: Star
• Material: food-grade stainless steel
• Care: dishwasher safe

To Go Further

Complete your piping and decorating equipment:

• • The entire Wilton range on Patissland.
• • Explore our pastry tips in all shapes and brands.
• • Complete with our disposable and reusable piping bags.