ROYAL ICING CONSISTENCY | ICING BASICS 1 | MIX MAKERY
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- How to get the right royal icing consistency, exploring four different types of consistencies when making Royal Icing. In this video we will discuss outline, flood, writing, and outline/flood consistencies. Be sure to check out part 2 of this video where I show how to outline, flood. and write on a cookie. Link here: • HOW TO OUTLINE AND FLO...
00:00 Intro
00:12 Outline Icing
01:58 Outline/Flood Icing
03:15 Flood Icing
03:51 Writing Icing
05:10 All 4 types: Icing Demonstrations
Here is a link to my royal icing recipe!
• HOW TO MAKE ROYAL ICING
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Great tutorial! Straight to the tutorial, no 5 minute talk about whatever. Thanks for keeping it sweet and simple.
Lol!! Thank you!! I appreciate you watching!
I am so glad I found you! Thank you SO much! Great tutorial. love the music and your voice is so easy to hear and understand. Thanks!
You are so welcome!
Just what I was looking for! Your instructions are concise and to the point. 🙂
Thank you! 🌸
I’m glad this helped you! 😄
This is the best explanation I’ve seen on ri consistency. I hate the “seconds”. This is way easier and kind of what I do at this point too.
I’m so glad this helped you! Thank you 😁
Great and helpful video, thank you!!! I like the way you demonstrated each consistency at the end.
I’m so glad this was helpful to you!
Great tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this!
Thank you so much!
I rarely ever write comments. But this video takes the cake or cookie 🍪. Short but full of information. Liked and subscribed.
Lol!! This comment made my day!! Thanks so much for subscribing! 💕
Thankyou so much for this!! Wonderful explanation and demonstration!! 💕
Thank you for watching!!
Thank you! This tutorial was much less complicated than others I’ve watched and you do an amazing job of explaining. I appreciate it!♥️
Thank you so much for watching!! I’m glad it was easy to follow!
Great demonstration, thanks 😊
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!
Thank you so much for this . I love your video . This will help me A lot
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
I needed this thank you so much!!!!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Love it! 🖤
Wonderful video! Thank you so much
Thank you so much! I appreciate you for watching!
I've been making decorated iced cookies for years now and have watched probably 100s of videos from the various cookie masters. But I LOVED the way you did yours! Straight to the point, chock full of great tips, and you demonstrated beautifully what the various consistencies actually look like without relying on the seconds. I still do count sometimes but I do have to be very careful I use a stopwatch or keep a steady pace. :-)
Right it’s like I find myself counting too slow or fast lol using a stopwatch is so smart!
That was a very informative video, thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!
BEAUTIFUL!!! I struggle so much
Thank you so much, I hope this helped you! 😊
Thank you for showing that you can outline and flood with the same bag to save time!! I'm definitely going to try your technique over most everyone else who uses two bags! I've only minimally decorated before, but I have a project in mind and need to learn outline and flooding and then adding additional layers on top. Tank you again!!! Any tips for a new decorator???
I’m so glad you found this helpful! Let me know if there is something I can help you with!
Explained perfectly!
Thank you!! ❤️
This was very useful, I'm going to attempt to make cookies for my son's wedding and this was very helpful thank you
I’m so glad it helped you! Let me know if you have any more questions! ❤️
Really needed this for a cookie party im having!! Thank u for spreading your knowledge and skills!!💗💗
I’m so glad this was helpful for you!! I hope your cookie party turned out great!
Cookie party??😂🤣👌🏾
@@Sofia-wx2ht yes haha we are decorating cookies😂
Thanks for the video. Also, you have gorgeous nails! 🍪
😄 thank you!! And thanks soo much for watching!
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm very new to cookie decorating. I've only tried once so far. Decorating some today that are short of detailed. Your tutorial is one of my favorites that I've watched. I can't wait to try it again. this tutorial will help me get the right consistency, I hope! Thanks again! 🙂
You’re so welcome! And thank you so much for those kind words!! I’m so glad this tutorial has been helpful! Good luck decorating your cookies it’s satisfying looking at your finished work lol
My flood icing ended up being sightly too thin, so it kinda spread out to much, so they look kind of "off" but not bad for only my 2nd attempt ever using royal icing. I just need to get better at judging the consistency. And your tutorial was really helpful! Even tho my cookies don't look as good as I'd hoped, they're way better than my first try! 🙂
@@sandyd753 I have been there! Next time you notice it spreading just empty your icing bag in a bowl and add powdered sugar. I know reworking the icing adding sugar or water is a pain but sometimes the icing just acts different on the cookie.
@@itsjennwbrown thanks, I'll do that! Can't wait to try again, although I've eaten too many of the cookies today, lol
@@sandyd753 😂😂
Hi Dear! So finally how was the writing consistency end it up, it was to quickly the video and can’t see well. Thank You! Wonderful and good tutorial.
Hey! So you want the writing consistency to almost be like outline but the difference is with outline it’s ok if it’s a little stiff…just with writing you don’t want it to be so stiff that it causes peaks. I would test it out before you try it on a cookie! I hope this helps!
You said something SO interesting I hadn't heard before and I want to learn more. I also use white icing gel to further color my natural white royal icing into that pristine white for snowflakes, eyes, etc. But you mentioned it also prevents colors running... which is the fascinating part. Can you elaborate more? Does that mean when I use it, it protects the white from getting tainted with neighboring colors? So curious about this great tip. Thanks!
So I use white because it’s supposed to help stop 2 different colors that’s next to each other from running over onto each other. This is for any color I add a little white. When I first started doing cookies I found this knowledge and tried it and it worked! At least with americolors it does. So it doesn’t hurt to add a little white to all my colors just incase it does make a difference! Thanks so much for watching!
I appreciate how you paused to show what the icing was doing when you moved the spatula around so it was clear what we need to look for. I’m going to try this for the first time today (just for fun) so thank you. Question: if you want to add details on top of a hardened iced cookie, can you use outline/flood consistency?
You’re welcome! It depends on the details you want to add. If you want to draw the outline of a flower I would use outline icing… but if you want that flower filled in you can use outline/flood. I hope this makes sense for you! 🙂
Great video! When using the outline/flood consistency how do I prevent run off? That seems to be an issue for me. TIA
Thanks! This happens to me too sometimes, it could be a few reasons… maybe your icing is not thick enough so just add a little powdered sugar. Another reason you could be flooding the cookie with too much icing. So try using a little less flood and move the icing around with a scribe. Or if you outline your cookie then flood use less icing while flooding around the edge and use the scribe to move the icing to the edge.
Thank you so much!
I STRUGGLE with icing consistency sooooo much!!!
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Does your icing ever start out great and seem to get thinnner on its own? I know that sounds crazy...I know heat from my hand can make it thinner in the bag but maybe my cloth is too damp that I put on top? I’ve made RI cookies many times, sometimes it’s great, other times...🙄
Thank you for this video, gonna try your techniques and recipe next time. Your cookies look very nice! New sub 👍
Thank you for subscribing! So yes this has happened to me. 🤦🏾♀️ Sometimes I think maybe my consistency wasn’t what I thought it was so then I have to remix it and make it thicker. Or could it be that your bags have set for a while and the icing began to separate? I’m sorry this happens! But you aren’t alone, it is a struggle. Just cut that icing bag and remix lol let me know if there is anything else I can help you with!
This video is terrific!!! I also have this same problem. Could you do a video about having the wrong consistency on a cookie and what to do when this happens? I would love that a lot!
You got one for gingerbread houses like a very simple no egg or fancy stuff .
I would use a buttercream icing. Not much needed. Checkout this video if it doesn’t need to be vegan use 2 cups of regular butter and eliminate the vegetable shortening. You can cut recipe in half too!
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@@itsjennwbrown thanks for your help
Would you mind sharing your royal icing recipe that gave you the first icing you started out with?
Sure here is a link to my Royal icing recipe video!
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Can we use royal icing for decorating and writing on a buttercream frosted cake?
Absolutely! I prefer to use Royal icing when I write on cakes and cake boards.
@@itsjennwbrown omg if I would have known that before. I have been struggling writing on cakes with softened buttercream. Thank you!!
When you added the bright white gel your icing looks exact same color as when you started out.
it needed to be bright white so a few more drops would be needed. And it is a lot easier to fill those piping bags if you put them in a jar first
Thanks for watching! Right it didn’t change to bright white because I was coloring this icing pink so my goal wasn’t to change the icing white. I add a little white to all my icing to help prevent bleed. If I was trying to really color it bright white I would have added more. And thanks, I used to put them in a jar but I just fill them by hand now!
@@itsjennwbrown yes I forgot that is another reason why they add this bright white is to prevent the colors from bleeding
I never used white color in my icing, what do you mean with „bleeding“?
@@ramona3010 for example if you pipe like a red icing next to a black icing. The black icing might bleed over to the red icing after it dries. So on top of your red icing u have a line of black.
@@ramona3010 A lot of the other professional videos I have been watching say that if they don’t put the white food coloring in their colors tend to bleed which means they run into other colors
Hi what all did you use to make your icing?
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Here is a link to my royal icing recipe! Thanks for watching!
For How long we can Store royel icing cookies..and how to store cookies after royal icing ,how much time royal icing take to dry..? Pls answer all ?
Hey! You can store them in an airtight container or bag them and they are good for 3 weeks outside the refrigerator. If you need them longer you can freeze them and i date them for 6 months in the freezer- that’s with and without icing. I never froze decorates cookies that I was making for someone because I had a bad experience.I freeze plain cookies all the time by putting them in a freezer ziplock bag with parchment paper I’m between them. After icing cookies let the icing dry for 24 hours and you should be good to store.
@@itsjennwbrown thanks for detail answer.
You’re welcome!
@@itsjennwbrown - I've had very good luck freezing decorated cookies in advance of big parties with some tips I learned over the years from other talented folks like yourself :-) . Here's what I do:
1) Make sure all layers of your royal iced cookies are completely dry
2) You have to double seal the cookies when freezing to make sure they stay completely fresh, so that means using either double Ziploc /Glad freezer bags or my preferred way of putting the cookies in a gallon ziplock freezer bag and then putting that bag inside a Ziploc large sealed plastic storage container. Those stack so nicely in the freezer and the cookies are completely safe from damage.
3) To maximize storage you can stack the cookies on top of each other but you must put either parchment or wax paper between the layers. I try to go no more than 2-3 layers deep but I've gone 4 layers before without any cookie designs being crushed upon thaw
4) The thawing process is important - this can mess things up because as we know if royal icing gets moisture in it, the color runs. You MUST thaw the cookies INSIDE the SEALED Ziploc bags until you're ready to take them out. I give it a day. Then when they are completely thawed I can open the Ziploc and pull them out with the original detailed designs still perfect. If you try to thaw the cookies outside the bag the condensation as they warm up to room temp will get ya.
Good luck!
@@dorigutman6217 I will definitely be trying out this technique! I’ve always stayed clear of freezing decorated because of my one bad experience! But I didn’t do this process! Thanks for sharing!!
Why don't you use the first consistency to write with?
I don’t use the first consistency to write with because if I’m making an outline icing, I don’t put much effort into making sure it won’t move at all because I’m covering it up with flood icing anyway. When i know I need to write I make sure the icing won’t move at all. I hope that’s not confusing. So if you want to outline and write with the same icing make sure your icing is stiff enough. I hope this helps!
I’m still confused as to how you know you’ve arrived at the outline/flood consistency
So your icing is going to be a little thick to create a border but it should still be able to flood your cookie. Check out around the 2:50-3:08 mark. I test out the icing to make sure it will still flood and not cause peaks. And if it’s too thick I add a little water. It’s all trial & error! I like to make a outline/flood so it’s less icing bags and the process of flooding is faster to me.
@@itsjennwbrown But is there a “seconds” test like 20 seconds or no peak at all when you pick the spoon up? I didn’t really see anything I could actually put my finger on that would mark at what point this would be the correct consistency.
When u lift up your spoon your icing will fold down slowly and after you move the bowl around the icing will flatten. I don’t use seconds anymore because I think I was counting too slow or fast at times! So far I had the best results just by looking at it. If I had to guess I would say probably between 12-15 seconds. As always test it out. If it’s too stiff add very little water give it stir and continue that until you can make a border that won’t move and flood. Because either your icing will be too stiff or too loose you want that sweet medium!
What brand of confectionary sugar you use ? Walmart brand tasted like medicine
I usally use domino confectionery sugar. I recently tried the Walmart brand and it was fine to me. But I understand that off brands can cause a different taste, So stick with what you prefer! Are you flavoring your icing and what kind of meringue powder? I feel like Wilton meringue powder gives my icing a weird taste so I use CK.
@@itsjennwbrown the last time I made royal icing I used 5 tablespoons of meringue powder with 2.25 lbs of sugar.......how much CK would you use? or have you used egg whites in place of meringue powder??? I'm confused (my part) LOL, Thank you! great video!! thanks for sharing
@@patbrown3462 For a 2lb bag, I have used both 5 tablespoons and 6 tablespoons of CK powder before and I didn’t notice much difference. So I think either is fine.
@@itsjennwbrown thank you!!
@@patbrown3462 you’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Do you know why my icing gritty 😭😭
Hey what brand of confectionery sugar are you using? Maybe you could try to switch to a different one and try to make it again.