Royal Icing Recipe - Christmas Recipes

How to make Royal icing:

Royal icing will set hard making it the best option for a highly decorated christmas cake as it will hold its shape in peaks and swirls and also hold small figures and decorations firmly.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups icing/confectioner's sugar
1-1 1/2 egg whites
1 teaspoon glycerine
1 teaspoon lemon juice
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Mix all ingredients together to form a smooth workable icing.
- Apply to dried almond icing on cake using a flat, blunt bladed knife or spatula.
- Dip this into a jug of hot water to enable you to keep the icing smooth.
- Cover the top and the sides of the cake.
- Decorate with Christmas cake decorations or let your imagination run wild.

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The icing really does need to be pretty stiff. As you know you can alter the texture by adding more icing sugar or more water etc. Royal Icing for piping is so stiff that it will crust over very quickly if left in the bowl. The base icing must be allowed to dry thoroughly before attempting decorative piping or the piped icing will just melt into it. It is best to carry out the icing in a cool room.

#3 - mary - 12/06/2007 - 14:50

my royal icing melts when I am piping,no matter how stiff I make it!Any solutions please.
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#2 - edward tucker - 12/04/2007 - 02:41

You should be able to buy glycerine in a drugstore or chemist. Failing that have you tried cooking ingredient shops on the internet? The icing would work fine without the glycerine it is just that the glycerine keeps it soft.

#1 - Mary - 09/29/2007 - 13:45

I want to make royal icing but i cant find Glycerine is there a way to make royal icing

#0 - romika050@yahoo.com - 09/28/2007 - 21:12


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