[Sca-cooks] Gingerbread creations...

[Hrolf Douglasson]

 I always usen the egg white one for decorating
especially English style wedding cakes. It has to be mixed VERY well and a
trick I was taught was to put the beater into a electric power drill
...where you would normally put the drill bit and beat it with that. If you
want to be able to have any chance of cutting the icing use a little
glycerine. Otherwise it sets ROCK hard.
vara


> When creating Gingerbread creations, what is the best recipe for "Royal
> Icing" to use?  (I've got recipes that differ - one calling for Icing
sugar
> & Lemon juice; the other for Icing sugar; egg whites & Tartaric Acid) and
> what is their expectent lifespan? (ie I start making the creation on date
X
> - must be eaten by this date before icing goes bad)
>