Recipe For Day Of The Dead Sugar Skulls

If you re having a sugar skull decorating party and want to make larger batches of royal icing use the following ratios.

Recipe for day of the dead sugar skulls. Roll out the remaining sugarpaste to the thickness of a 50p piece then cut out as many skull shapes as you have biscuits. Dia de los muertos day of the dead is celebrated on november 1 and 2 in mexico and many parts of the united statesl. If dough is too dry and crumbly add 1 teaspoon of water at a time to moisten.

Clean down the surface and dust with a little extra icing sugar. The mold should pop right off. You need only sugar both granulated and powdered meringue powder skull shaped molds and some icing coloring.

Use a little of one of the coloured icings to stick the sugarpaste skulls to the biscuits. Set it on the counter then carefully lift the mold up off the sugar skulls. Using a spatula spread a thin layer of this mixture on the back of each sugar skull.

Whisk the mixture until it s loose and shiny. Scrape it out of the mold clean the mold and add some more dry sugar to the mixture and try molding it again. Check if there is enough moisture by squeezing.

Combine the granulated sugar and meringue powder in a bowl then add 2 teaspoons water and mix by hand until it feels like moist sand. Add sugar mixture into the mold and press down with the back of the wooden spoon to remove any air bubbles and scrape any excess sugar. The first step is to ready the sugar mixture to form the skulls.

One 2 pound bag of confectioners sugar 1 2 cup meringue powder 2 3 cup water. Prepare royal icing by using water almond extract powdered sugar and meringue. This takes a few minutes so be patient.