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Royal Icing?

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Smiles

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 12:59 pm

Does anyone have a good royal icing recipe? The ones I found online call for cream of tartar and I don't know which stores sell them. TIA

sammy

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 1:06 pm

cream of tartar is a powder. you can find it in any supermaket-either in the baking isle or by the spices.

creativemommyto3

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 1:07 pm

from balabustes choice

1 egg white

1 cup confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp hot water

2 drops of desired food coloring/optional

Beat egg whites on high until stiff. Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth.

Smiles

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 1:16 pm

sammy wrote:

cream of tartar is a powder. you can find it in any supermaket-either in the baking isle or by the spices.

Do you know if it's kosher?

creativemommyto3 wrote:

Thanks for the recipe , have you used the recipe? I want to make sure that it will work.

greenfire

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 1:24 pm

I think you have to be careful with cream of tartar being milky ...

creativemommyto3

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 1:25 pm

Smiles wrote:

sammy wrote:

cream of tartar is a powder. you can find it in any supermaket-either in the baking isle or by the spices.

Do you know if it's kosher?

creativemommyto3 wrote:

Thanks for the recipe , have you used the recipe? I want to make sure that it will work.

I didn't but I remembered seeing this recipe so I thought it would help.

Marion

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 8:09 pm

greenfire wrote:

I think you have to be careful with cream of tartar being milky ...

No, despite its name, cream of tartar is NOT milky! Like mentioned above, it's a powder, and is usually found with the spices.

Hannah!

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 8:23 pm

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chocolate moose

Tue, Feb 26 2008, 8:25 pm

I think there's a simple substitute, I forget where now ...

nana18

Wed, Feb 27 2008, 12:12 am

wilton makes a product called meringue powder. It is a egg white substitute (with other things added) which had a recipe for royal icing inside the container. I've made iot and it comes out very good. add more liquid if too thick. Royal icing hardens very hard. It is not for icing cakes, but good for cookies or hard roses on top of cakes too.

ClaRivka

Tue, Mar 04 2008, 7:38 pm

Are cream of tartar and meringue powder interchangeable? It sounds like they both do the same job.

Smiles

Tue, Mar 04 2008, 11:07 pm

I got an imitation cream of tartar at the peppermill. I picked up the royal icing recipe there as well. I just finished decorating my cookies, they came out gorgeous! thanks eveyone for your help.

atlastamom

Wed, Mar 12 2008, 5:42 pm

smile, could you please post the recipe for the royal icing that you used from peppermill? tia!

flowerpower

Wed, Mar 12 2008, 8:08 pm

peppermill sells it and gives the recipe too-I made it and it came out great

nafka-mina

Wed, Mar 12 2008, 8:14 pm

cream of tartar is a wine derivative, and although many companies manage to get a hechsher, there are rabbanim who hold that it's problematic.

wilton's meringue powder contains cream of tartar as well.

what's imitation cream of tartar made of?

Smiles

Wed, Mar 12 2008, 9:37 pm

I don't remember the hechsher of the imitation cream of tartar, but I know that it is a good hecsher. here is the recipe.

3 egg whites
1/2 t. cream of tartar.
1 lb. confectioners sugar.

beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. add confection sugar and beat at high speed untill very glossy and stiff peaks form when the beater is lifted. this should take about 5-7 minutes. for stiffer icing add more confection. keep bowl covered with damp towel to prevent crusting and drying out. Keep the tip covered when not in use.

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