Ugh!!!! Royal Icing Was Waaaaaaaaaaay Too Stiff(My Fault) M

Baking By cakeatopia Updated 8 Oct 2006 , 4:40am by tayesmama

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cakeatopia Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:10am
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COmedy of errors here.

Made cookies yesterday and also did the fondant part too.

So today--easy--make royal and detail the cookies, right?

I was adding sugar when dh needed help with kiddos soooo I came back and could not remember how much sugar I had already added so I added more--apparently LOADS more. I was wondering why my KA was sounding tired! I colored and bagged the icing.

Then tried to pipe/outline the cookies and my hand was camping early on and the lines were just not right. Out of the bag and using every mixing thing I had to mix it again. I must have used a few teaspoons for each color. Ugh.

Finally got it right and I think they look pretty good, esp since my soon to be 4y old now says he wants happy faces vs trains--grllll. I was only going to do a Thomas cookie and then decided Thomas would be lonely so I made a green coach to go with it.

Next time...........the kids go outside with dh while I make icing!

And the black is not totally black--was using a bunch of Wilton, bt at this point........I don't care. Wally World cookies were looking awfully nice when I was remixing 5 different colors!

I'll post them--they turned out pretty good considering I this is my 3rd time with NFs and MMF.


Cake next Saturday(Thomas again) and then Fall Festival, then Bunco in November.

I will be ordering Turkey Dinner from Randalls' this year or even yet--travel to inlaws for dinner(now you know I am tired!) lol

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Fairytale Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:25am
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At least you made the royal. I made some orchids and dragonflies covered in fondant. Rather than put some nice detailing in royal on the drgaonflies, I extruded the fondant in a toy clay extruder I outher for $1.29. lol. Fondant is hard to extrude. icon_lol.gif Here's how they came out. Not real delicate looking, but at least I didn't need to get out the mixer.
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hockeygirl658 Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:32am
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Oh Fairytale, I LOVE your cookies! The orchids are gorgeous!!!!!

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cakeatopia Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:40am
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Those cookies, Fairytale are VERY gorgeous! I love hte pink and yellow together!

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Fairytale Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:43am
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Oh thanks guys. I just can't believe I'm that lazy not to have made the royal. I did paint some gold luster dust strips on the bodies of the dragonflies. I have some more I need to do tomorrow, but I WILL MAKE SOME ROYAL. icon_lol.gif

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MissBaritone Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 1:56am
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I NEVER make royal in a mixer. I always make it by hand. It never takes the same amount of sugar twice so you have to learn to make it by feel to get the correct consistency. A small bowl of royal can be mixed by hand in less than 10 mins so why bother with a mixer?

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Fairytale Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 2:39am
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OMG. I can't believe you do that by hand. My arm would be killing me. I use a hand mixer when I'm not being lazy. Wow, you have my respect. Bet it comes out great.

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Landa Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 2:45am
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I always use my KA for royal. I cant imagine doing it by hand, You must be strong as heck,lol.

I do cut the time in half though because the longer I mix the stiffer it gets.

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TiffTurtle Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 4:35am
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i can not imagine doing it buy hand...i hate just mixing in the color for each batch...lol...its much more fun to do the decorating part...hehhe

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tayesmama Posted 8 Oct 2006 , 4:40am
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I with you Tiff on the whole mixing each color by hand!! I HATE THAT! I just wish I could snap my fingers and all my colors would be nicely mixed ready to go in front of me! LOL.

I can always dream though can't I. icon_rolleyes.gif

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