Royal Icing
Since I’m on day 18 of the Whole 30 plan and I can’t eat any sugar, I thought it would be a good idea to post a very sugary icing that I can’t currently have! Make sense? Thought so.
Many years ago, my sister, mom and I took a cake decorating course together. My mom and I continued on to take a wedding cake decorating course. I think my sister was in Vancouver when we did this, or she would’ve joined us for the second course. Over the years, we have made a lot of cakes! With that, a lot of icing! Buttercream icing, of course, but we’ve also made royal icing, as it hardens well and works well when making adornments, such as flowers.
Royal icing is also excellent when baking cookies. Which is what I used this recipe of royal icing for. So, let’s get started! Here’s what happened…
To begin, in a separate bowl, sift all of your icing sugar, so that you don’t have any lumps. If you are like me, and you don’t have a sifter, use your whisk to break up some of the lumps. It’s not perfect, but it does the trick!
In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the meringue powder and warm water until frothy.
Add your cream of tartar and all of your icing sugar at once to the meringue mixture.
On the lowest setting, using your paddle attachment, mix the ingredients for 10 minutes. My mixer conveniently has a timer and automatically shuts off after 10 minutes.
The consistency should look something like this.
Store, at room temperature, in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Here’s what you need to do…
Royal Icing
3/4 cup warm water
5 tablespoons meringue powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 kg bag of powdered sugar (I measured it out to be about 7.5 cups)
Sift your powdered sugar in a separate bowl and set aside. In the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk the meringue powder and water until frothy. Add cream of tartar and powdered sugar all at once. Mix on the lowest setting for 10 minutes. Store in an airtight container, at room temperature.
Enjoy!
(Source: https://www.hanielas.com/2010/04/royal-icing.html#.VUKDXCFViko)
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