Can I Substitute Royal Icing With Stiff Bc??
Decorating By siealy Updated 13 May 2006 , 2:20am by siealy
The only ones I can think of that you can't do in BC are the bigger ones; like the petunia, the lily, the morning glory, because they use the lily nail set and need to dry, and never really would with BC. The flat ones should be fine in BC.
If you use the BC recipe - use the one that calls for shortening only (no butter). When you make the flowers - let them air dry for 24 hrs and they will harden somewhat (not like royal icing hard though) but it'll make it easier to handle them. Or you can freeze them so you can handle them easier.
Yes, freezing them makes them very easy to handle; if you have alot of flowers to deal with, you can do like I do and just leave them in the freezer and go and get what you need as you need it, because they defrost quickly, and get soft again!
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