Recipe For Xmas Cake Icing

Use to ice your christmas cake immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Recipe for xmas cake icing. Place the syrup treacle honey sugar cream and spices in a saucepan and bring to the boil. My recipe and method for making easy royal icing for cake decorating is one of my go to for making cake decorating easy as can be. Add the lemon juice and glycerine and stir.

Use to ice your christmas cake immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge. If you like tie a large red ribbon around the outside and stick a sprig of holly on top. You can keep it simple or go full on festive the hardest thing is deciding how you want to do it.

Leave for two days before covering with white icing. Place a tiny drop of food coloring on the surface. Roll the icing back into a ball and knead to create an even color throughout.

Add the glycerine if using and the lemon. Place the egg whites in a bowl then stir in the icing sugar a spoonful at a time until the icing falls thickly from the spoon. Made with only 3 ingredients royal icing is a classic for a reason it s simple to make easy to use and is the first step in making a cake be it a christmas cake or otherwise beautiful.

Preheat the oven to 170c 150c fan gas 3 and line a 25cm 10in round deep cake tin with non stick paper. 2 min ready in. Beat well until the icing forms soft peaks when the whisk is removed.

With an electric mixer beat the egg whites with the lemon juice. Gently ease around the cake and smooth over with palm of hands until smooth all over. Let the icing set hard at least overnight or up to.