Royal Icing for Piping Roses on Cakes
A great icing for decorating cakes with roses! There are countless icings for cake decorating, so making a stable one is no trouble at all. The one we'll use here is Italian meringue (a boiled egg-white icing). It's very light and airy and holds its shape beautifully for a long time — an ideal alternative to rich whipped-cream or buttercream frostings. It's also one of the simplest to make. Perfect in its own way! You'll nail it on the first try — the key is just to do everything right.
Julia M.
Recipe author
Royal Icing for Piping Roses on Cakes
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 5 %
3 g
Fats 0 %
0 g
Carbohydrates 95 %
55 g
230 kcal
GI:
0
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0
/
100
- Use exactly the proportions listed here. If you need more icing, just scale all the ingredients up by 2 or 3 times. To start, take cold, fresh eggs and separate the whites from the yolks — you won't need the yolks. Put the chilled whites in a dry, clean, grease-free mixing bowl and beat them on high speed to stiff, stable peaks. At the same time, combine the water and sugar in a separate pan. Set it over the heat, bring to a boil, and keep cooking the syrup until it reaches 248°F (120°C). As it cooks, add a little citric acid to the syrup — this keeps the icing from being cloyingly sweet and from crystallizing. The citric acid also acts as a preservative, extending the icing's shelf life. Then slowly pour the hot syrup into the whipped whites in a thin stream, beating the whole time. Keep beating for a few more minutes; the mixture will turn glossy, fluffy, and shiny, and cool down as it goes. Once the icing holds clean, sharp peaks, you can stop. Your cake-decorating icing is ready! Use it to pipe flowers, leaves, swags, and all sorts of patterns. If you like, tint it with any food coloring: add a few drops and beat briefly so the color distributes evenly.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Citric acid - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Egg whites - 44 kcal/100g
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