Royal Icing a cake board........................................ .............................................

[lilacben]

I am making my daughter three tier wedidng cake and would like to royal ice the cake board. Has anyone done it before and could give me some tips please. Thankyou

[chris1957au]

When you make your icing be sure to strain your egg whites, do add gylcerine but not to much, also add a touch (dip a coctail stick in about 1/4 cm) blue couloring to make it whiter, over do this and it go blue. its the reason they blue colour to washing power.

Make sure you marzipan is smooth and level if you want square edges ensure your marzipan is squared of and clean cut.Allow time between layer for it to dry and ensure you square your edges every time, sand paper can be used but only fine, you don't want great lumps orange grit embeded in tyour icing.

Chris

Add you icing layer by layer, many thin layer are better than a few thick ones, and ensure you have no air bubbles in you icing mix.

You straight egde should be metal not plastic so it dosen't bend,