Royal icing ingredients and consistencies Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

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Royal icing ingredients and consistencies
with Ceri Griffiths
Skill level: Easy
HD Lessons: 2
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1. Royal Icing Ingredients and Recipes

In this lesson, Ceri shares his extensive knowledge of royal icing recipes including precautions to take when making royal icing (avoid grease contamination for starters!) along with his knowledge of instant recipes that are available. By the end of this lesson, you will know not only which ingredients are in a basic royal icing recipe but also what the better ingredients are. The amount of different ingredients/products to choose from can be intimidating but fear not – Ceri is here to give you lots of straight forward advice.

For the full course see Beginners royal icing

Click here for Ceri’s royal icing recipes

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2. Royal icing ingredients and consistencies

So now we’re making royal icing and along the way, Ceri shares some knowledge about his preferred equipment, bowls and tools. This lesson is full of handy tips such as how to prevent that icing sugar cloud and some simple but useful practices that will make your life so much simpler. Ceri then shows us how to get the three most popular royal icing consistencies and explains their different uses.

Ceri Griffiths

Ceri Griffiths

Ceri DD Griffiths is an internationally recognised expert in his field of royal icing and as such travels extensively. From baker and confectioner to professional dancer, cake artist and much more, Ceri’s own eclectic style of cake design and flare is made up from the many varied elements of his life. As a widely travelled teacher and demonstrator, Ceri Griffiths firmly believes that sharing knowledge and skills is the only way in which cake decorating and design can grow.
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