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Royal Icing

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Royal icing is a type of icing that dries to a hard sheen.

Total 00:10
Yield About 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites
  • ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 2 ½ cups (300 g / 11 oz) confectioners' sugar
  • Liquid or paste food coloring

Instructions

  1. 1
    In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low for about 1 minute until they become loose.
  2. 2
    Add the cream of tartar and continue mixing on low until the whites become frothy, about 2 minutes.
  3. 3
    Gradually add the confectioners' sugar with the mixer on low.
  4. 4
    Continue to mix until the icing holds a stiff peak and is dull in appearance, about 2 minutes. The icing is ready to use for piping lines.

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Royal_Icing