Make My Day Camp: Royal Icing by Mickey

Friday, December 16, 2022

Royal Icing by Mickey

This weekend was our annual Gingerbread house competition, and I was tasked with bringing the icing. I’m sure everyone already knew this, but I learned this weekend that in order to have good quality gingerbread houses, you can’t use just any old icing! We made this icing and it worked to make some pretty awesome houses! The key is the cream of tartar… and making sure you don’t turn on the mixer too fast unless you want it to look like a Christmas wonderland in your kitchen (yes, I learned from experience). We put the results in Tupperware and ziplock bags for easy use! So easy, not super tasty, but a great way to make a gingerbread house!

Ingredients:

-1lb powdered sugar

-1/2 tsp cream of tartar

-3 egg whites (for thicker frosting use one less egg)

Put the egg whites in a bowl, add the cream of tartar and powdered sugar and mix on low speed until the sugar is incorporated into the egg whites. Increase the speed and beat until thick and shiny.