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royal icing

British  

noun

  1. a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A cake decorator from Australia was in the U.K. learning from masters of overpiping — the technique of building up layers and layers of piped royal icing to create incredible sugar masterpieces.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2023

This is a recipe for royal icing to decorate cutout sugar cookies.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

When it's made commercially, it has starch added to prevent caking, but it also plays a role in recipes: Think about royal icing or a basic glaze.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2022

If you want to fill the cookie entirely with royal icing, pipe an outline around the perimeter of the cookie and then flood icing in the middle.

From Salon Dec. 19, 2021

Cover them with soft royal icing; have them all of the same color.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

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