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Make a batch of royal icing, then use it to decorate a selection of Christmas bakes, such as our Christmas cake, Christmas biscuits, cinnamon biscuits and gingerbread biscuits.

Looking for more cake decoration ideas? Try our recipes for basic buttercream, chocolate buttercream and cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 450-500g icing sugar
  • a mixture of colours food colouring gels, (optional)

Method

  • STEP 1

    Whisk together the egg whites and vanilla extract with an electric whisk until frothy. Sift over 300g of the icing sugar and whisk again until thickened and smooth.

  • STEP 2

    Add the remaining icing sugar, sifting in a little at a time until you reach your desired level of thickness. If you're using food colouring gels, divide the icing between bowls based on the number of colours. If you’re flooding biscuits, loosen with a few teaspoons of water first.

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