It’s pretty easy to make your own icing so this royal icing recipe will make your cakes truly homemade. Royal icing dries harder than roll icing and looks great on cakes and cookies. This royal icing recipe is only 3 ingredients, making it very easy to make.
Royal Icing Recipe Ingredients
- 2 medium egg whites
- 500g/1Lb.2oz of icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2tsp of lemon juice
Method
- Put the egg whites in a mixing bowl and whisk lightly to break up the egg whites until foamy
- Stir in half of the icing sugar with the lemon juice
- Beat with an electric mixer for around 4 minutes or by hand for 10 minutes until smooth
- Gradually sift in the remaining icing sugar
- Beat again until thick, smooth and brilliant white and the icing forms soft peaks when flicked up with a spoon
- Keep the royal icing covered with a clean damp cloth until you are ready to use it
- It will store in the fridge in a tightly lidded plastic container until needed
- If making royal icing to use later, beat it again before use to remove any air bubbles that may have formed
Why not try my vanilla buttercream frosting recipe for cupcakes and cakes
