Recipe Of Royal Icing For Cakes

If necessary to get the right consistency add more powdered sugar or water.

Recipe of royal icing for cakes. Royal icing is made of egg whites powdered sugar and a dash of lemon juice. Add the glucose and lemon juice. Combine egg whites and lemon juice in a large bowl add some of the sifted icing sugar to the mixture and start the mixer.

The wedding cake topper made with this recipe. Use a palette knife to spread the icing over the top and sides of your marzipaned cake. Beat egg whites in a clean large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy use only grade a clean uncracked eggs.

How to heat treat egg whites. For royal icing with meringue powder. Add the water and beat on medium to high speed until very glossy and stiff peaks form 5 to 7 minutes.

Continue whisking until the icing is thick enough to hold stiff peaks when you lift the beaters and is smooth and shiny. It s made from icing confectioners sugar and egg whites and can be used for example to cover a cake to create designs on cookies for piping designs as decorations or to pipe flowers and leaves on a cake. Beat at high speed until thickened.

Keep adding the icing sugar a little at a time when the mixture looks like thick whipped cream and makes soft peaks when you push down the hooks paddle in it you can use it for piping. Add the icing sugar to the egg whites a spoonful at a time and fold in. Add the lemon juice and glycerine and stir.

To do this you simply mildly cook the eggs over a bain marie on low heat for 2 3 minutes just until the egg whites have become warm but are not cooking. One of the most versatile products used for cake decorating is royal icing whether it sets hard or is a softer version. The photo below is a close up of my sister in laws bridal cake.