Cake Decorating With Royal Icing – 7 Top Tips

Have you always wanted to learn about cake decorating with royal icing? If so, here are some tips that will help you to become more expert in this.

1. Use royal icing that has been made with egg white and not with meringue powders. Royal icing will work best with small decorative tips like size 0 and size 1.

2. Before you make your royal icing, re-sift the confectioner’s sugar.

3. Cake decorating with royal icing works better if the icing is thinner than usual. If you are using a pastry bag, then use a small one and do not fill it more than 1/4 full of icting.

4. To check that your royal icing is ready for use, pull out the spoon, forming the icing into a point. If you have a soft peak, then you can use the icing for lettering. If the icing is stiff then it will be ready to use for flower crafting.

5. If you are not quite ready to use your icing then put it into a basin and cover with a damp cloth – this will prevent the icing from drying out. If you need to keep it for several days then transfer it to a screw top jar and put in your refrigerator. Before use you will have to beat it again and then it can be placed in the icing or pastry bag.

6. If you want to color your royal icing, then stick with pastel colors as bright colors look totally out of place with this kind of icing. Vegetable colorings will make the best colors for royal icing.

7. When coloring your icing, good blending is absolutely essential.