I am trying to make homemade royal icing to make the tassels to graduation cupcakes...
The recipe on this website is for Wilton's Royal Icing - what is meringue powder and where do I get it?
I am from a small town and do not have, but a Wal-Mart SuperCenter and two grocery stores... Can I get it there? Is it with the cake decorating stuff back in crafts or on the baking isle on the grocery side???
Thank you for your help - I need the cupcakes by tomorrow - Saturday, July 1st!!!
Thank you ahead of time for your time and help...
You can find it in the cake decorating section of Wal-Mart (in the crafts).
Here is a recent post ...
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-30832-meringue.html+powder
Newbie here: what is CK? I hope that I can find it at Wal-Mart - if not what do I use to make the tassels? I do not want to make a big batch of MMF because I am just making 30 tassels for small cupcakes.
Someone suggested me use royal icing... what about the royal icing recipe - egg whites, powdered sugar and lemon juice - will that work - I need it to harden up...
Hopefully, I can just find the Wilton brand at Wal-Mart - thank you for your help agin
Michaels carries Wilton also.
CK is http://www.countrykitchensa.com/ , some specialty stores carry their products or buy online.
Thank you for letting me know what CK is...
I will look into ordering from them in the future - but I need something now... do I just get some of Wilton's fondant from Wal-Mart??? Seems easier to pipe the tassel strings...
HELP!!!
Thank you
You can always just substitute egg whites for meringue powder if this is just meant for a bit of decoration.
Thank you for letting me know what CK is...
I will look into ordering from them in the future - but I need something now... do I just get some of Wilton's fondant from Wal-Mart??? Seems easier to pipe the tassel strings...
HELP!!!
Thank you
I don't know if you are familiar with MMF (Marshmallow Fondant) but by pressing fondant thru a garlic press, you get a great looking tassle. OR just pipe buttercream using a tip #1 or #2 to make the tassle
You can always just substitute egg whites for meringue powder if this is just meant for a bit of decoration.
How many egg whites do I use?
Yes, it is strictly for decoration... I made some icing already and forgot to set aside some white before I colored to pink. So, I wanted to have a white tassle because the cupcake is pink and the candymelts (I hope they will become pink - because my Wal-Mart only had white and cocoa) and I am then going to melt the chocolate and dip a graham cracker in the melted chocoalte and then put it on top of the cupcake to make it look like a graduation cap... then I was going to make some tassles out of royal icing (white) and then hopefully I will get something that looks like a graduation hat - will post picture when done...
Thank you all for your help. I do have a Michael's about 45 minutes from my house, but I run a home daycare with 7 kids today so I cannot go and get it. My husband is at work - patrolling the streets here in our town (cop) and was going to get him to grab some so I can make them during nap time and then let them dry.
Thank you all for your help.
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