Royal Icing

Royal Icing is made with egg-whites, lemon and icing sugar. It sets hard and is ideal for frosting biscuits.

Royal Frosting can also be used to make decorations such as flowers and figures for decorating cakes nd biscuits. The icing can be piped into shapes which are left to set on a non-stick surface.

You will often see picture of Christmas cakes, wedding cakes, biscuits and gingerbread houses which have been frosted with royal icing. When used for biscuits and gingerbread houses it is usually applied smoothly, whereas for cakes it is often left in sharp peaks.

The easy royal icing recipe that I use does not contain glycerine. Glycerine is often included as it stops the icing from setting too hard. This is useful if you are wanting to apply the icing to cakes and want them to have peaks.

Prep Time	Cooking Time	Servings	Difficulty
15 minutes	N/A	N/A	Easy

Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 2 tspns lemon juice
• 3 cups (330g) icing (confectioners or powdered) sugar, sifted.

Method

Beat the egg whites and lemon juice with an electric mixer until thickened.

Add the sifted icing sugar and beat on a low speed until combined and smooth.

Add a drop of food coloring until you reach the desired color.

Icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container as it hardens when exposed to air.