🍓How To Make Royal Icing With A Strawberry Twist
Light pink is the color of Valentine's Day, the color of summer, and is the color of choice for fans of the Barbie movie!
So, if you want to ice a cookie with a specially colored and flavored royal icing, read on. Here, we will walk you through how to make royal icing with a delicious and delicate strawberry taste.
What You Will Need
If you want to make your royal icing a bit pinker, you can add gel food coloring. Then, it can be as pastel or as vibrant pink as you want it to be without impacting the taste.
- 5 tablespoons of Genie's Dream meringue powder.
- 4 tablespoons of freeze-dried strawberry powder (available on Amazon, or local grocery stores).
- 1 cup of warm water.
- 2 pounds of confectioners' sugar.
- Stand mixer with a paddle attachment.
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DecoPac Premium Gel Food Color in Pink to make it SUPER pink 😉
Stencil ideas to use with this royal icing
How To Make The Pink Royal Icing:
Step 1- Using a stand mixer, whisk together the meringue powder with the water in a bowl. Wait until a light foam forms.
Step 2- Add the strawberry powder and combine them. If you want to add pink gel coloring, this is the step to do it!
Step 3- With the paddle attachment, beat the icing for 1 minute on medium-low speed. Scrape the bowl as needed until everything is combined.
Step 4- Add a pound of the confectioner's sugar. Mix it in until it is just incorporated. Scrape the bowl and then add the rest of the sugar to the mixture.
Step 5- When all of the sugar has been added, increase the speed of the mixer to medium-high and beat the icing for around 5-7 minutes. The icing will double in volume.
Step 6- Use this icing to decorate the cookies. If you need the icing to be a thinner consistency, add a little bit of warm water, a teaspoon at a time, until the icing is the desired consistency.