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Tasty Royal Icing

CakerBaker1979
By: CakerBaker1979
Posted 8/30/09 • Last updated 9/19/08 • 829 views • 8 comments

Posted by CakerBaker1979

Royal Icing for making flowers and such. I've noticed a lot of royal icing recipes I've tried don't taste great at all. The raspberry extract gets rid of the meringue tang and tastes so good.

Tasty Royal Icing

Ingredients

  • 3 Tablespoons Meringue Powder 1 lb. (4 cups) confectioners' sugar 6 Tablespoons warm water* 1 Teaspoon Raspberry Extract * For stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water

Instructions

  1. Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks
  2. (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer,
  3. 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).
  4. As with all royal icing, keep grease away!

Comments (8)

baker907 12/6/09 at 4:02pm
Loved the icing, was easy to work with, but I added another tsp of extract to the recipe, it does taste better
adoptingmommy 1/22/10 at 7:57am
I'm going to be carving a dragster race car out of RKT and read that I should first coat it with RI and then ice it with buttercream. Could you shed a little light on this for me?
prillie 1/28/10 at 8:55am
I am confussed i thought that 1 lb was 2 cups. On my confectioners sugar package it shows 2 lbs is 32 oz. So 1/2 of that is 16 oz which is 2 cups. Can someone please explain this to me?
melamel 2/25/10 at 7:34pm
I'm not too fond of raspberry. Could I use any extract for this?
pattycakes4001 3/30/10 at 3:50pm
a two pound bag of icing sugar is approximately 8 cups. one pound is equal to 4 cups of icing sugar. For real accuracy I use a good quality food scale if precision is required.
Candice56 11/11/10 at 6:27pm
I too bought a quality food scale two weeks ago for correct measurements, and was I suprised when I realized how much easier it is and no more guessing game.
CreativeCakesbyMichelle 3/7/11 at 7:36pm
To prillie: The ounces on the package are weight ounces which is not the same thing as volume ounces. So you can't convert the ounces on the package to ouces in a cup. That's why it's confusing.
anesha 8/6/11 at 10:25am
This recipe is GREAT!! There is nothing I have tried with this icing that hasn't worked!!! Works wonders with the royal icing crowns!! And it tastes great too!
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