Royal icing for piping recipe
Royal Icing for Piping recipe
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About this recipe
In this blog post I will guide you thru the steps and ingredients needed to craft this recipe. Grab your favorite apron and let's start.Royal icing is a versatile and essential recipe for any baker. This smooth and glossy icing is perfect for piping intricate designs onto cakes, cookies, and other baked goods. With just a few simple ingredients like egg whites, powdered sugar, and lemon juice, you can create a stiff yet pliable icing that dries to a beautiful finish. Whether you're decorating a special occasion cake or adding delicate details to your sugar cookies, royal icing is a must-have in your baking repertoire.
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Royal icing for piping recipe details
Ingredients
| 3 medium | eggs, whites only |
| 1 ½ tsp | lemon juice |
| 700 g | icing sugar, sieved |
| food colouring, colouring paste |
Instructions
Tip the egg whites into a bowl and beat with an electric mixer. Stir in the lemon juice. Gradually add the sieved icing sugar, mixing well after each addition. Continue adding small amounts of icing sugar until you achieve a good consistency for piping, should be like toothpaste. Add more lemon juice if the mixture is too thick.Divide the icing among several bowls, depending on how many colours you want. You will need only a tiny amount of colour – dip a cocktail stick into the colouring paste and mix the icing thoroughly to make a smooth, even colour.
Very important: keep the bowl covered with clingfilm when not in use!
This recipe can be used for decorating Christmas Gingerbread Men
Preparation time:
ca. 5 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a
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