This Worked So Good--Has Anyone Else Tried This.
Baking By Cookies4kids Updated 11 May 2011 , 11:30am by Cookies4kids
I wanted to make little bird nest cookies for Easter, but I wanted the grass to be softer for eating but more stable like Royal Icing. I decided to mix buttercream and thick royal at a 1 to 1 ratio and it worked out so good. It stiffened up nicely and is not as fragile as plain buttercream. I know I will use this a lot for decorating cookies and cupcakes and wondered it anyone else has done this and how you liked it.
This sounds like an amazing idea. Please if any of you tries it, let us know how you like it as Cookies4kids. Thanks
I started with just 1/2 cup of each because I didn't want to waste the frosting if it didn't work, but it didn't seperate and piped really nice. I checked the frosting this morning and it turned out just the way I had hoped. Nice and stiff on the outside and it you push hard enough, it is still soft in the middle.
Royal cannot set up completely hard with butter or anything greasy.. In this case that's what she was going for.
My first WMI suggested that we add left over royal icing to buttercream, in stead of throwing it out. It's basicly the same things, minus the flavor and shortening/butter. Once made royal icing can handle grease. If you introduce grease while you are first making it, it won't wipe up correctly.
I started with just 1/2 cup of each because I didn't want to waste the frosting if it didn't work, but it didn't seperate and piped really nice. I checked the frosting this morning and it turned out just the way I had hoped. Nice and stiff on the outside and it you push hard enough, it is still soft in the middle.
I use a buttercream frosting w/ mereingue powder to crust, however still have trouble with smooshing when packing. Does this get hard enough to stack w/o smooshing?
Also, can you thin it enough to flood/pour? That is something I'm trying to figure out b/c my peeps don't like the taste of royal but it would sure save time if I could create a firm smooth base to pipe/stencil/paint on with BC w/o having to spread it on w/ a knife.
Mine did not get really hard like all RI would, but I was able to stack the cookies with no problem. The ratio of RI to Buttercream will determine how hard the end product will get.
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