Freezing Royal Icing

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Cali6422 Posted 14 Jul 2016 , 5:38pm
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I've done a search about freezing royal icing, but I'm not finding exactly the answer I'm looking for.  What I find posted is about viability of freezing cakes that have royal icing decorations.


I found royal icing works great to attach items to fondant.  For me, it works better than edible glue, piping gel, or water. BUT I hate making it (don't know why ... I just do), and I always end up with way more than I need for the project at hand.  Does anyone know if it can be frozen then thawed and used to 'glue' things?  Does freezing alter it's 'plaster-like' stickability?


Was just pondering if I could re-use the extra if it's been frozen.  Has anybody tried this?

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Pastrybaglady Posted 14 Jul 2016 , 8:36pm
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How about choosing candy melts or chocolate instead, then you can just melt as much as you need?

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Cali6422 Posted 14 Jul 2016 , 8:39pm
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Ooohhhh ... That's a good idea.  The thought never occurred to me to try those.  Thanks for the suggestion.

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maybenot Posted 14 Jul 2016 , 9:58pm
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I've frozen made-up royal icing because I had a ton of it leftover.  Once defrosted, it has to be re-beaten.  It probably saves 5 minutes.

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Dar917 Posted 15 Jul 2016 , 3:06am
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You can, I've done it before. Just make sure you label it royal icing! I once forgot that it was royal icing and not buttercream and piped it on some cupcakes and it oozed everywhere once it thawed! This was the result:

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(They're supposed to be the mushrooms from the game Mushroomer because I always thought they looked more like cupcakes than mushrooms.) Oops! satisfied.png

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johnson6ofus Posted 15 Jul 2016 , 3:23am
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I have found that beating a really small batch of royal in a glass pyrex measuring cup works. 1 cup size for 1/4 batch, 2 cup size for a 1/2 batch. I use a hand held kitchenaid mixer (the old 2 beater kind, not stand mixer).


Extra Royal? Then I just tint and pipe out small flowers. I can always add them to cookies later. And dried, they last a LONG time.


Glue? I keep a disposable decorating bag in my frig with a few colors of melting chocolate. Each one with a small hole. I microwave briefly to melt and use. Then I push back the melted chocolate about an inch to fold over the point, and wrap the large end of the bag around until it is a small "ball". Rubber band it and pop back in frig.

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hippiecac Posted 15 Jul 2016 , 10:55am
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Yes, I freeze it all the time. 

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