Hard icing

[newbie]

As usual I will be making my own Christmas cake but as yet have never been able to get the icing to set hard. Can anyone tell me the secret please.

[n00dles]

Hi newbie,

Hope this helps icing

Could be your recipe was for the soft set icing, not the Royal...

[spudqueen]

Yes, you need royal icing if you want it to set hard.

[BigMac]

Best of luck making Royal Icing - which is what you need for hard icing.

Helpful tip: don't leave it until December to look for glycerine in the shops...

[skyep]

newbie - Silver spoon do an all in one royal icing sugar, you just add the water ( already has dried egg added )

[angeldraws]

You add lemon juice to it - don't be tempted to do the icing too soon tho as i did for a wedding cake once - it was too hard to cut thru it, even with an electric knife!!!!