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How to Make Royal Icing – Video

May 13, 2012 by Jenn

I LOVE working with Royal Icing.  LOVE it!  It is my preferred decorating technique for flowers, because a) it cleans up EASILY, and b) you can do a huge variety of flowers with all sorts of tips, but, you can also do a lot with just a few basic tips!  Royal icing is easy to control, can be easily applied to cakes, cupcakes and cookies, and creates a polished finish on any/all of your products.  

Here is a video on how to make your own!  All you need is icing/confectioners sugar, merginue powder and water.  Oh, ya, you probably need a mixer . . . or you might go crazy mixing by hand.

 Simple, easy and clean! 

Royal Icing Ingredients:
4 cups icing sugar (400g)
3 level tablespoons meringue powder
5-6 tablespoons water

Procedure:

To the bowl of a stand mixer add all meringue powder, and icing sugar.  Slowly add half the water and turn on the mixer to medium.  Add the rest of the water and turn the mixer up to full speed and allow it to mix for around 8-10 minutes, or until the icing is soft and fluffy.

If you are looking for a meringue powder substitute, you can also make Royal Icing by using egg whites. 

2 large egg whites (60g)

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

3 cups icing sugar (300g)

 Mix it together and continue as above.

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Comments

  1. Andrea says
    October 22, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    Are the egg whites raw?? How exactly is
    The recipe changed if I substitute for the egg whites

  2. BB says
    November 16, 2014 at 1:11 am

    Will the quantity from this recipe fully ice/cover your vanilla homemade cake recipe?

    • Jenn says
      November 19, 2014 at 6:33 am

      Royal icing is not usually used to cover an entire cake, so I don’t know, as I’ve never done that.

  3. CANDY BERRY says
    June 27, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    I love ur cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    but where do we get melting wafer? please tell me

    • Jenn says
      June 28, 2014 at 5:11 am

      I buy Merckens melting wafers at Bulk Barn, but you can find them online if you do a search. Wilton and other brands make them too.

    • Samiyah says
      July 15, 2014 at 10:36 pm

      you could get chocolate candy wafers from micheals or bulk burn. the brand is wilton so wherever you get wilton products. hope this helped

  4. Vnaessa says
    June 23, 2014 at 8:47 am

    can we use normal sugar

    • Jenn says
      June 28, 2014 at 5:35 am

      No. You need to use icing sugar, which is also known as confectioners or powdered.

  5. LegendRings.com says
    May 14, 2014 at 2:38 am

    Thank you so much! That was stellar 🙂

  6. Abigail says
    May 4, 2014 at 2:43 am

    If you are substituting the powder do you use the water as well?

    • Jenn says
      May 5, 2014 at 8:59 pm

      Yes, you will still need water.

  7. joey frederick says
    March 12, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    how do i make chocolate royal icing

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