Royal Icing Flowers

Decorating By kayla1505 Updated 2 Aug 2007 , 5:36am by kayla1505

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kayla1505 Posted 26 Jul 2007 , 8:26am
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does anyone know a way to make royal icing flowers dry faster? ( if its even possible) i dont wanna wait all week for them to dry. im using the lily nail so its taking forever

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peg818 Posted 26 Jul 2007 , 9:15am
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I like to let the lily nail flowers set up a bit first, maybe a day or so, depending on how thick they are, then i peal the foil off before the underside is completely dry (makes it easier to get the foil off) then the air can get to the under side of the flower and it will be dry in another day. Or sooner depending on how humid it is where you live

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kayla1505 Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 1:21am
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thank u, i live in miami so its been rainging every atternoon i made these flowers 5 days ago and they're still not dry. ill try takeing off the foil. icon_smile.gif

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peg818 Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 2:28pm
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You can put them in a cold oven with the pilot light on, or if you have an electric oven just the oven light on. The slight heat will help to dry the flowers, just make sure the oven is COLD and that no one turns it on when your flowers are in there, this usually dries ri over night.

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kayla1505 Posted 30 Jul 2007 , 12:18am
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cool im gonna try that. one question though should i leave the foil on or off?

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peg818 Posted 30 Jul 2007 , 9:35pm
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If you can get the foil off without messing the flower, then they will dry quicker.

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TexasSugar Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 1:38am
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You can also poke some holes in the bottoms of the flowers so that air can get inside and help dry them out as well.

I've dried the flat flowers and color flow pieces in the oven with just the light on before and it works wonderfully. Just remember to put a sticky note on the knob to remind everyone, including yourself, not to turn it on. icon_smile.gif

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kayla1505 Posted 2 Aug 2007 , 5:36am
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thanks everyone for the help icon_smile.gif

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