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shelf life of refrigerated royal icing

post #1 of 5
2/7/13 at 5:56pm
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Anyone know how long royal icing can be kept and used?  I keep mine in sealed containers in fridge and usually use the meringue powder.  Just curious?

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post #2 of 5
2/7/13 at 8:43pm

Meringue powder royal is good kept in the fridge for a week, and the Wilton books say it can be re-beaten to restore texture. I have never kept it this long myself.

 

Egg white royal will keep in the fridge for 2 days--it does not work as well to re-beat it for flowers, but it is perfectly fine for lace and sticking things together.

 

I have stored both kinds with a damp paper towel over the icing in small airtight plastic tubs.

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post #3 of 5
2/8/13 at 10:29pm

Not sure how far you can push it, really.  I've certainly kept royal icing around a week (meringue powder version), and just whipped it back into shape when I needed it again.  

 

I can tell you that, when dried, it lasts decades and decades!  We have royal icing decorations (thousands of them, my cake-decorator grandma never let a drop of royal icing go to waste, and she was a piping goddess) that are easily from the 1960s, and still in perfect shape.

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post #4 of 5
2/9/13 at 1:26am
I've been wondering about this also......... I use meringue powder as well, but does kept good mean maintaining its function or not going rancid?? Is there a point where it will become rancid?
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post #5 of 5
2/9/13 at 9:12am

I've kept meringue powder royal icing sealed out of fridge for up to 3 weeks. It was fine, just needed to be remixed.

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