Royal Icing

I’ve taught many classes over the years and even though each class is unique, I have similar royal icing questions asked at each one. Here are a few of my most common questions. Perhaps I’ll answer a couple of yours. First of all, what the best royal icing recipe to use?I have been using this recipe for years and it’s…
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Let’s talk about butter bleeds. This is when your icing has dried on your biscuit and the icing turns yellow.  This is more visible with white icing. Why does this happen only sometimes.  It normally will happen when the biscuits are for a special occasion or for an order (and you have no time to redo them.)  I feel your…
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In this post I’ll be showing you how I make stick on eyes with royal icing.  Once you know how to make these eyes you can play around and make all sorts of different size eyes for any character biscuit.  I used these eyes for the dancing crabs in my ‘under the sea’ icing class, so they had to be…
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When I first started making royal icing using an egg white substitute, I couldn’t find ‘meringue powder’ in South Africa (not easily) I had to import it from America.  Then I discovered actiwhite powder, which is the South African version of meringue powder.  It is slightly different to meringue powder, so I couldn’t use the same recipe.  It took many…
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How to make a sitting bunny (Peter Rabbit) using a Biscuit Studio step by step card. I’ve been teaching how to ice biscuits (cookies) for a couple of years now.    I’ve learnt along the way that having a picture or guide for a specific biscuit really helps to get a better end result.  I’ve taken those guides a step…
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I’m not sure if you have ever experienced holes or sunken in sections in your dried icing. I know I have, and it’s extremely frustrating.  This image was sent to me by a client asking me what went wrong, so I thought it would be a great tip to share. Craters seem to only happen in small iced areas.  For…
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I often get asked what brands and tools I like to use when decorating biscuits.  As always it comes down to personal choice, but I am happy to show you what I use. Cutters I prefer to use metal cutters and have a small growing range on my website. Stencil tools Stencils – but of course I use The Biscuit…
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I often get asked by ladies how do I get such a beautiful deep red royal icing so I thought that I would share some tips.