Most of us have seen royal icing decorations in stores as prepackaged, hard and candy-like pieces that can be used to spruce up a homemade cake. It is a versatile, easy way to decorate a cake (I wouldn't recommend it for icing a cake or cupcake because of it's consistency when dry) and a great way to prep some of your cake decor in advance!!
There are a few ways of making royal icing, but I prefer to use the meringue powder recipe which yields about 3 cups:
1 pound (about 4 cups) of icing sugar, sifted
4 tablespoons of meringue powder (can be found here)
6 tablespoons of water
Mix everything in an electric mixer for 7 to 10 minutes until the icing forms stiff peaks. Divide the icing into smaller bowls and colour using a gel paste colouring (since liquid can change the consistency of the icing...)
Then, let you imagination run wild! :) I am prepping a pretty little cake for my Mum's birthday next weekend, so I decided to make some flowers and some decorations which will be added to a white chocolate cake next weekend -- stay tuned!!
There's no limit to what you can do with royal icing, so I encourage you all to give it a try. You'll find that once you start working with it, it'll become a staple decorating accessory in your kitchen, as it has in mine! :)
Happy Baking! xox
Crystal
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