Royal Icing

Ingredients

For piping:

• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 4 teaspoons meringue powder
• 3 tablespoons warm water
• 1 tablespoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice

For flooding:

• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 4 teaspoons meringue powder
• 6 tablespoons warm water
• 1 tablespoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice

Directions

1. Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer.
2. Beat on high for 5 minutes.
3. For piping icing will look like white glue, for flooding icing will look like soup, very runny.

Icing that is not being immediately used must be stored in an air-tight container.