Royal Icing

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. icing sugar
• 6 or 7 whites of eggs
• 1 table-sp. lemon juice
• Blue colouring.
• or 8 drops acetic acid.

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the sugar and put most of it into a basin, reserving a small proportion.

2. 2

   Add a little blue colouring and some acid (lemon juice or acetic acid).

3. 3

   Mix in the whites of eggs gradually with a wooden spoon until smooth and of the right consistency.

4. 4

   Keep covered with a damp cloth to prevent a skin from forming.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 948. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Royal Icing 2 lbs. icing sugar. 6 or 7 whites of eggs. 1 table-sp. lemon juice. Blue colouring. or 8 drops acetic acid.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.