Storing Royal Icing Flowers

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SherisEdibleDesigns Posted 13 Oct 2005 , 8:10pm
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I have made about 100 Royal Icing daisies that i will be using on my MIL's bday cake on Nov 4th. I know they can be stored and are made to be preserved. How do I best store them and how long is too long? My Wilton instructor insists that she has RI flowers she made 2 years ago but geez that seems wrong. LOL Help please!!

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KayDay Posted 13 Oct 2005 , 8:13pm
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I have lots of RI flowers that I store for a few mos. at a time. After they are very dry, I use big tupperware bowls and layer them between sheets of waxed paper.

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sugartopped Posted 13 Oct 2005 , 8:52pm
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same here....but some of mine are in shoe boxes lined w/waxed paper

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tanyap Posted 13 Oct 2005 , 9:11pm
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someone mentioned using clean pizza boxes in another post...maybe you could buy a couple off your favorite pizza takeout place.

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MissBaritone Posted 13 Oct 2005 , 9:44pm
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As long as they are kept dry you can keep them years. Sugar is a natural preservative.

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culinarilyobsessed Posted 16 Oct 2005 , 5:25pm
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I store mine on wax paper inside shirt boxes. I just put a layer of wax paper between them. I line the bottom & top with a little tissue paper to give the flowers a bit of cushion.

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KrazyKross Posted 18 Oct 2005 , 1:44am
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I have many royal icing flowers. I have them in plastic shoe boxes between layers of paper toweling. This helps to keep the more fragile flowers from breaking. I store the drop flowers and less fragile flowers in ziploc bags.

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cindy6250 Posted 18 Oct 2005 , 4:21pm
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I store all my flowers in cookie boxes that I get from my cake supply store. They hold a single layer and are great for drying and storing. If you put the flowers in a plastic box, be sure they are really dryed good otherwise they will not harden.
I learned that the hard way..

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SherisEdibleDesigns Posted 18 Oct 2005 , 6:01pm
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Thank you all very much for the info. This helps more than you can imagine!

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