https://kitchen3n.com/tags/royal-icing/Recent content in Royal Icing on Kitchen3NHugoen-usThu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-29-royal-icing/Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-29-royal-icing/<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2313" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4712.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I just started decorating with royal icing after all these years. Why have I been torturing myself all these years with confectioner's sugar/milk concoctions that thin too easily, and pipe too painfully?! <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2309" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4718.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> Since royal icing is made with egg whites (I use meringue powder so I don't have to deal with leftover egg yolks), it has a lot of structure from the protein. Pipes wonderfully for borders and outlines and thins easily for flooding. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2310" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_8357.jpg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I have been a fan of Sana Sodawalla of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sugarbase_/">SugarBase_</a> for a while now. Her gorgeous marbled cookies, whimsical cakes, and informative videos are something to aspire to. Since I've started baking and cake decorating more, I've been creating more content tailored to Instagram. I like how the platforms caters to creatives, offering a very visual space to share our content, with lots of real estate for pictures, and just enough for explanatory text. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2311" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4713.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I've created these cookies after watching her technique on marbling sugar cookies. I got the idea for gold splatter after taking a wonderful mommy and me art class I took with a talented <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilm_est_art/">local artist</a> on paper collages. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2312" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4711.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I don't know if I've done justice to Sana's beautiful cookies, but I hope you try your own version at home. My go to recipe for royal frosting below. <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8vlUdQg34">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8vlUdQg34</a></p>