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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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It involves delicate piping of royal icing, through a very small piping tip, built up upon itself to reach breathtaking gravity-defying heights.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2023

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

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

The egg white not only creates the glossy sheen that royal icing is known for, but it also helps give the icing body so that it can stiffen up.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2022

The secret to getting precise lines, dots, and other details with royal icing is using a squeeze bottle.

From Salon Dec. 19, 2021

When the nougat has hardened, the two pieces are tied together, rested on a muffin ring, and royal icing pressed through a pastry-tube into any ornamental shape along the edges.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

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