Help! How Long Before Royal Icing Breaks Down?

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angelcake4u Posted 2 Oct 2005 , 3:16pm
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I am making an electric guitar for today. The only white icing I have is royal. Will it be okay to make the strings out of? My cake is iced and decorated in buttercream.

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alimonkey Posted 2 Oct 2005 , 3:35pm
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I think the thinner the icing is, the faster it will break down. I made a cake with royal flowers on Thursday and the flowers are just now going soft today, but with thinner royal I don't know. I also don't know if it would make any difference. Since they're going to be laying flat on the cake, it doesn't really matter if they soften, but depending on the color of the BC you may need to worry about bleeding. Anyway, 1 day ahead shouldn't be a problem, and 2 might be OK too.

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angelcake4u Posted 2 Oct 2005 , 3:41pm
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The BC underneath is black in some places, that is why I am really worried about the royal breaking down. The cake is for a party at 3:00 today.

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MrsMissey Posted 2 Oct 2005 , 3:54pm
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I recently made a guitar cake and used uncooked spaghetti noodles for the strings......just an alternate thought for you!!

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Kiddiekakes Posted 2 Oct 2005 , 4:13pm
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I think the icing may break down against the BC icing and bleed into the black but I would be more worried about the thin icing breaking,Royal icing tends to do that when it is piped really thin.It will all work out!!!

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