this has probably been asked before but how long does it take for toba garretts glace icing to dry? the book says the drawback is that the icing takes a much longer time to dry.
i have only ever used royal but these cookies are for a baby shower and i dont want to use egg white.

thanks in advance.

you can make royal with meringue powder instead of egg whites and thats safe, antonia 74's recipe would work i believe!!

oh yeah, and to answer, i have heard it takes like a day, but i've never used it personally. Sorry thats not more help!!

im in australia so where would i get meringue powder from?
they sell things called pavlova magic which is powder and you just add water and whisk, would that just be meringue powder?

I use Toba's icing a lot. I decorate cookies usually in the afternoon during the day and then let the cookies sit until the next morning before packaging. I would say to give Toba's a good 18 hours to firm up. (I actually do the same with using royal icing though too )

There are several posters from Australia. Maybe you could "P.M." them and ask about the pavlova magic.

kos

Pardon my ignorance but what is the issue with using fresh egg whites? I always thought it was the yolk that could be a cause for salmonella poisoning. Please advise as I am thinking of making a royal icing of fresh egg whites (per Mich Turner) to make some butterflies. TIA.

i never really had a poblem with royal and raw egg whites but since reading some newer cake decorating books and websites such as cake central, i just dont want to take any chances.

Pavlova Magic is meringue powder--but it also has sugars in it.

Don't know if that helps.

--Knox--

I believe you do have to worry about the entire egg with regards to salmonella but you can buy pasturized eggs and those are supposed to be safe b/c the pasturization process kills the salmonella bacteria. I am really careful about this sort of thing esp. since my young niece recently had a case of salmonella and ended up in the hospital. (Though we can't determine how or where she got it.) It's a very scary bacteria that can do things to the body of which most people aren't aware.