Marble Royal Icing Recipe

Keep adding water until it goes flat in 15 seconds.

Marble royal icing recipe.

The fun in this recipe is preparing the marbled icing. Stir until smooth then pick up a big glob and drizzle it back into the bowl. To make 15 second icing add cool water to about 2 cups of royal icing 1 tsp at a time. Frost cookies with a solid color base.

For swirls divide your royal icing in two bowls. Once your cookie is flooded pick a different colour icing and pipe parallel lines across the surface of the cookie leaving about 1 cm between each. Read more about royal icing recipe free illustrated recipe video royal icing consistency made easy the 10 second rule video on how to figure out the consistency of royal icing for decorating cookies runouts etc using the 10 second rule. Dip cookies in the marbled icing shake clean the edges using a knife or simply a toothpick and place on a rack to let the icing set.

If icing seems too thick add about tsp of water. Fill your piping bags with the coloured royal icing. The first technique is dipping the cookie facedown into the bowl of icing. Tint one and leave the other white or tint it a contrasting color.

To make 15 second icing add water to about 2 cups of royal icing 1 tsp at a time. First outline and flood your cookie with the base colour. For marbled cookies you need royal icing. Next make your royal icing.

Release your inner abstract artist as you drizzle red and green icing across a canvas of white on a baking sheet. Royal icing in desired colors icing bags or bottles coupler and 2 tip toothpick. Use a toothpick to create a marble effect. Stir until smooth then pick up a big glob and drizzle it back into the bowl.

Place the white icing into a bowl and drizzle some red and green icing on top. Instead of dipping cookies. Royal icing is a fairly runny icing that dries smooth and hard. Count how long it takes for the glob to go flat.

Count how long it takes for the glob to go flat. I diluted all my royal icing down to top coat consistency 15 second icing. I diluted all my royal icing down to top coat consistency 15 second icing. See our royal icing tutorials for outlining and flooding for more details 4.