Recipe: Perfect Royal Icing

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Royal Icing. It's great for all your treats. Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy (use only grade A clean, uncracked eggs). Gradually add sugar and lemon extract.

Royal Icing Medium consistency for icing outlining: Add ⅛ teaspoons of water for every cup of stiff icing. For immediate use, transfer icing to pastry bag or heavy duty storage bag and pipe as desired. If using storage bag, clip corner. You can have Royal Icing using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Royal Icing

  1. 🢂 3 of egg whites.
  2. 🢂 1.5 lb of icing sugar, sifted.
  3. 🢂 2-3 of teaspons lemon juice, strained.
  4. 🢂 1-1.5 teaspoons of glycerine (optional).

The secret to beautifully decorated cookies is all in the icing. This two-step recipe is the only one you'll ever need to give your holiday cookies that perfect bakery look. Made using meringue powder rather than raw egg whites, this royal icing recipe works up quickly and easily and is a cinch to customize with color or flavor. Icing comes in many different forms, and royal icing is just one specific type of icing.

step by step Royal Icing

  1. In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy, then gradually beat in half the icing sugar..
  2. Add the lemon juice and glycerine and gradually beat in the remaining icing sugar, beating thoroughly after each addition to ensure a white icing, until the icing stands in soft peaks. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth or transfer to an airtight container and leave for 1-2 hours to allow any air bubbles to come to the surface..
  3. You can flat-ice your cake or be creative using a palette knife. Or a combination of both! If using with marzipan underneath the icing, use leftover bits of marzipan to decorate the cake..

I did use this recipe as I was out of meringue powder and it turned out pretty decent. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar and meringue powder. Yes, royal icing can be frozen. Many royal icing recipes, including my own, yield a lot of icing. Place leftover royal icing into zipped-top freezer bags.