How To Make Royal Icing For Piping On Cakes

Use a toothpick to add gel colors into your icing.

How to make royal icing for piping on cakes. You can now color your icing with gel colors. Our cake decorating expert Claire Bailey has shared all the hints and tips you need to get going with royal icing. Both consistencies should be the same color.

Dan Lepard shows you how to cover a cake in royal icing for a perfectly smooth finish--First apply a thin even coat of royal icing about 5mm¼in thick to smooth the cake surface. Use a damp paint brush to dab down any picks at the end of your piped design. It can also be used to decorate designs and create piping on cakes but generally isnt used to frost cupcakes or cakes.

Royal icing needs to be used immediately. Stuff a piping bag with the royal icing. Using an electric mixer whisk egg whites with the lemon juice until combined.

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Youll use this as a barrier between the royal and buttercream icings to prevent. Also tapping once or twice would help to settle it. Invert it and use the top bottom of the sides to hold the piping bag in place.

Add only 14 tsp water at a time and make sure to mix properly again. Add food colour of your choice. Piping consistency shown on the left in the photo above is a slightly thicker icing that holds its shape and corrals the flooding.