Royal Icing

Decorating By pinknlee Updated 17 Aug 2006 , 8:07am by cupcake

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pinknlee Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 4:39pm
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I am making a children's birthday cake. Some of the decorations are made of royal icing, (the cake is for Sunday) when should I make the decorations?

I know I can make the cake anytime and frost it on Saturday. And decorate it on Sunday Morning/ Saturday night. I just need to know about making the extra decorations. Any help would be great!

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LittleLinda Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 4:42pm
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They will take a couple days to dry. Get started. Keep them at room temperature.

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pinknlee Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 4:46pm
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Do I store them at room temparture the whole time? Or cover them on a storage container?

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cowdex Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 4:52pm
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Room temp - but dust free. You could have made them last year and they would still be ok.

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pinknlee Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 5:18pm
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Really? Royal icing doesn't have a shelf life?

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MissBaritone Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 5:32pm
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nope royal icing once piped can keep for months if not years. As long as they're dried properly and are stored somewhere dry and dust free they keep forever

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pinknlee Posted 16 Aug 2006 , 5:44pm
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Wow!

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cowdex Posted 17 Aug 2006 , 7:59am
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I worked at a bakery years ago and she also made roses with her left over royal icing. The had this big box that had a thin sheet of foam in the bottom and it was full of roses on little marshmallows and toothpicks - some time she wouldn't even have to make roses - she would just go to the box............

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cupcake Posted 17 Aug 2006 , 8:07am
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I still have dummy cakes that are at least 10 years old. The stuff lasts forever if kept properly.

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