How to make perfect royal icing with Bake Delicious Meringue Powder
Bake Delicious Meringue Powder is an excellent base for anyone who enjoys working with royal icing. The powder creates a stable, light, and slightly elastic icing that is fantastic for precise lines, details, and outlines on cookies. If you're used to Royal Icing mix, you can expect a similar result with the recipe below.
Why meringue powder works so well for icing
The combination of meringue powder and confectioners' sugar yields an icing with good binding and slight elasticity, making it less prone to breaking during piping. This makes it ideal for line work and decorations that require precision.
Important: This recipe makes thick icing. If you need thinner icing, always make the thick base first and then gradually thin it with water, drop by drop. If you start thin, you won't get enough volume in the icing, and it won't look as good.
Royal Icing recipe by Ellen
- 375 grams confectioners' sugar
- 18 grams meringue powder
- 50 ml lukewarm water
- Optional: vanilla or lemon extract
Mix the meringue powder with the sugar and gently stir in the water and a few drops of extract. Then, mix the entire mixture for 8 to 10 minutes on medium speed with the paddle attachment of your (stand) mixer. A whisk adds too much air and creates air bubbles in your icing, which you preferably want to avoid for clean work.
Your icing is ready when it is white, fluffy, and firm. If you want thin icing, only add water very carefully after coloring your icing.
When to sift
If you're working with very fine piping tips such as PME 1.5 or smaller, sift both the meringue powder and the confectioners' sugar beforehand so that no small lumps get stuck in the tips. If you're using tipless piping bags, sifting is not necessary.
Also suitable for traditional meringue
Although this meringue powder is particularly popular for royal icing, you can also use it to make delicious meringues, meringue kisses, or pavlova. Mix the powder according to the standard ratio and beat until firm.
Meringue base recipe
- 18 grams meringue powder
- 70 grams sugar
- 120 grams water
Beat the ingredients in a bowl until a firm mass. If you want crispy meringue kisses or layers, add another 60 grams of sugar. Bake for 2 to 3 hours at 90°C until the meringue detaches from the baking paper.