Cake-stuff.com recommend the Ateco range of professional quality piping tubes (icing nozzles).
While we normally stick to the top brands for most equipment, this is one area where we find our customers prefer a slightly less well-known brand (in the UK at least) . . . Ateco is an American company and have been manufacturing quality baking equipment since 1905. The Ateco range of piping tubes offer excellent value and are often less than HALF the price of their British equivalents . . . that's quite a saving!
Ateco piping tubes are made in nickel-plated brass and most designs are seamless. OK, so are these as good as stainless steel? . . . well, dare we suggest there is sometimes just a hint of snob value surrounding stainless steel?
- Stainless steel shouldn't rust - brass can't rust . . . ever.
- Nickel plating gives an incredible smooth surface allowing the icing to flow evenly.
- Nickel-plated brass does not react the way steel does with some ingredients (eg egg whites) so can be used for a wider range of icing, meringue, chocolate, potato, cream etc.
- Nickel-plated brass is less affected by temperature changes, so can be used for everything from hot potatoes to ice cream.
- Nickel-plated brass is dishwasher safe and does not react or discolour when exposed to cleaning agents.
If there is enough demand from customers we'll be happy to add PME Supatube and Bekenal tubes over the coming months but, in the meantime, please try Ateco . . . the vast majority of our trade, school and college customers have already switched and are enjoying the savings.
Top Tip . . . the number series used to identify piping tubes is not standardised as many people assume - there are at least 5 such series in operation, so please check the number, design and description carefully before ordering. e.g. Ateco Closed Star #8 may not be the same as PME #8, or Tala #8 etc. etc.
How do our prices compare? Well, with prices starting at only 99p for most standard tubes we're around HALF the price of most of our competitors.
Tubes are displayed (roughly) in size order with accessories and icing sets at the end . . . please remember that this range runs to several pages, so don't forget to keep browsing!
