Royal Icing Recipe Kaf

Below are two recipes one for using egg whites and the other using meringue powder.

Royal icing recipe kaf. Over the years i have tried a few different royal icing recipes. This is a small batch royal icing recipe and yields about 1 1 2 cups of icing. Recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.

Sieve 500 grams of funcakes mix for royal icing and mix it whtih 60 ml of water. It s great for times when you just need to decorate a few cookies. If you have more than 1 color each color should have its own bag.

Allow to sit for 5 minutes for the powder to hydrate see tips below. I let them sit out overnight and still only about 1 3 were dry enough to transport to a. Royal icing is a sweet fluid paste made from whisked egg whites icing sugar and lemon juice that sets solid.

Beat the mixture gently for approx. 7 10 minutes until the icing is white no longer shines and peaks can be drawn that do not decline. Both royal icing recipes result in a cookie icing with a lovely shine that holds it shape and dries without becoming hard or chalky.

In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the sugar egg whites cream of tartar and salt. Place the meringue powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. I always seem to have trouble with most of the cookies taking forever to set up so then i can t transport them.

If it is too soft add more powdered sugar. It is traditionally used to cover and decorate dense fruit cakes such as wedding and. If desired add colour paste.