Making Royal Shiny Looking When It Dries?
Decorating By cocakedecorator Updated 21 Dec 2006 , 9:37pm by CakeL8T
Anyone know what to add or do to royal icing to make it shiny looking when it dries?? 
There is a spray that is in the can, that puts a shine on fondant and royal. It is a little expensive, but it is edible and safe. Alot of the big shots use it. You may have even seen them spray things on the challenges. You might try sweet celebrations, or ck products, Nick Lodge may carry it also.
add cream of tartar
the recipe I use has cream of tartar in it , do i need to add more than recipe calls for?
no. so what you are saying is it's not shiny enough you could paint luster dust on them.
yep if you look in my photos at the elmo cake i just did, the name plaques i did turned out very dull looking once they dried. Because there was several colors involved , this one in particular would have been hard to paint w/lust dust. I was just wondering how to avoid the dull finish , in the future.
It just dawned on me... is color flow the one that has a very shiny finish once dried. If I remember correctly from my class, the color flow dried shiny. hmmm.... wish i could remember.
When I use poured icing I don't use Royal. You can look at my photos of cookies and see what they look like dried. They stay very shiny and I think it tastes better than royal. Put about 2 cups of powdered sugar in a bowl and add just enough water to make it of "flowing" consistancy. Then add about 2 teaspoons of corn syrup and mix together. At this point you can color the icing or just put it on your cookies. I suggest outlining the cookie first with some kind of icing whether BC or Royal like you would with any poured icing. This is a fast and easy recipe that you can adjust very easily with more water if you need it or more powdered sugar, it's VERY forgiving!! Hope this helps!!!
When I use poured icing I don't use Royal. You can look at my photos of cookies and see what they look like dried. They stay very shiny and I think it tastes better than royal. Put about 2 cups of powdered sugar in a bowl and add just enough water to make it of "flowing" consistancy. Then add about 2 teaspoons of corn syrup and mix together. At this point you can color the icing or just put it on your cookies. I suggest outlining the cookie first with some kind of icing whether BC or Royal like you would with any poured icing. This is a fast and easy recipe that you can adjust very easily with more water if you need it or more powdered sugar, it's VERY forgiving!! Hope this helps!!!
does this working when you are not necessary decorating a cookie but say just making a plaque?
Yes, color flow does dry to a shiny finish but it takes forever for me to dry!
I just had a thread on this not too long ago. You can add 1 tbsp of corn syrup to your recipe and it will dry with a slight shine. HTH
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-54580-.html
When I use poured icing I don't use Royal. You can look at my photos of cookies and see what they look like dried. They stay very shiny and I think it tastes better than royal. Put about 2 cups of powdered sugar in a bowl and add just enough water to make it of "flowing" consistancy. Then add about 2 teaspoons of corn syrup and mix together. At this point you can color the icing or just put it on your cookies. I suggest outlining the cookie first with some kind of icing whether BC or Royal like you would with any poured icing. This is a fast and easy recipe that you can adjust very easily with more water if you need it or more powdered sugar, it's VERY forgiving!! Hope this helps!!!
does this working when you are not necessary decorating a cookie but say just making a plaque?
I'm not sure, I've never tried it as a plaque. On cookies I let them dry overnight but it doesn't get as hard as royal. It hardens just enough to let you stack cookies w/o distorting all your decoration. I'm not sure if it would harden harder after a couple of days or not. I'll have to try that!!
When I use poured icing I don't use Royal. You can look at my photos of cookies and see what they look like dried. They stay very shiny and I think it tastes better than royal. Put about 2 cups of powdered sugar in a bowl and add just enough water to make it of "flowing" consistancy. Then add about 2 teaspoons of corn syrup and mix together. At this point you can color the icing or just put it on your cookies. I suggest outlining the cookie first with some kind of icing whether BC or Royal like you would with any poured icing. This is a fast and easy recipe that you can adjust very easily with more water if you need it or more powdered sugar, it's VERY forgiving!! Hope this helps!!!
does this working when you are not necessary decorating a cookie but say just making a plaque?
I'm not sure, I've never tried it as a plaque. On cookies I let them dry overnight but it doesn't get as hard as royal. It hardens just enough to let you stack cookies w/o distorting all your decoration. I'm not sure if it would harden harder after a couple of days or not. I'll have to try that!!
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