Icing consistency

Royal Icing is a popular choice for cookie decoration because it dries hard, with a smooth and shiny finish. It can also be used for multiple other baking applications as it’s totally customizable. Types of Royal Icing Stiff Royal Icing is required when making flowers, leaves, ruffles, brush embroidery, and decorations that need to perfectly hold their shape. It can also be used for assembling gingerbread houses. If you cut through the icing with a knife, it will not melt back together. The…

Let’s talk icing consistency! 🎨 When it comes to writing on cookies, I use two different consistencies: a stiff one for outlining and fine details, and a...

Katherine’s Cookies on Instagram: "Royal icing transfers are a great way to elevate your decorating and add an impressive touch to your cookies (and cupcakes, cakes… anything you can think of!) even if you don’t have a projector or a lot of decorating experience. My beginner friendly Ultimate Halloween Royal Icing Transfer Bundle is in my Etsy shop now! It includes everything you need to know to create your own royal icing transfers including: -20 fun and unique Halloween designs in 5…

THE BASICS - AMANDA.IRL

Achieving the right royal icing consistencies is the hardest yet the most important part of cookie decorating. It's also quite difficult to describe in words how royal icing consistency should be. That's probably the main reason I've put off writing about it for so long. Nailing the correct royal icing consistency isn't an exact science. It's more of a "feel" and becoming more familiar with how royal icing behaves under different thicknesses.

This is the only royal icing recipe you'll ever need! With no meringue powder needed, my secret ingredient makes this icing harden perfectly. Plus, I'm sharing my expert tips on adjusting your icing to the perfect consistency, coloring, and storing your icing.

Best practices when writing with royal icing indlucing choosing font style, font size, icing consistency, piping tip/size, pipingpressure, piping technique.

Royal Icing can turn regular sugar cookies into little works of art! Smooth and shiny, royal icing is simple to make and decorate with too!

Do you struggle with your buttercream consistency? Learn all you need to know & how to perfect your frosting!