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EGGLESS – Royal Icing
Developing an eggless royal icing was never on my to-do list, but I thought I had some meringue powder in my baking supplies. Turns out I didn’t, and I couldn’t run to the store when I had planned on icing the sugar cookies I had baked the day before. Thus the science experiment of creating eggless royal icing. Royal icing is typically used for detailed designs, I also use it when we make gingerbread houses because it also dries quickly and is a great edible glue. When I decided to try my hand at eggless royal icing, I knew I would need to be able to create a binding agent…
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Marshmallow Buttercream
My favorite part of just about any cake or cupcake is the frosting. But after working as a cake decorator for my pivotal high school years, I’ve become EXTREMELY picky with buttercream flavors. I cannot stand buttercream where the main flavor is butter, or sugar. The flavors need to blend nicely. That is why marshmallow buttercream is my go to whenever I am decorating cakes or cupcakes. It is also super easy to add flavoring so the marshmallow flavor isn’t that detectible. But the base of my buttercream frosting is the marshmallow flavor. This buttercream is seriously loved by all. My child who LOATHES any sort of frosting or icing…
