Vegan Royal Icing

Vegan royal icing is quite easy to make and can be whipped up in about 15 minutes using an electric mixer (sorry not by hand!). Only three ingredients are required. This eggless royal icing can be used in the same manner as traditional royal icing; decorate cookies, cupcakes, cake/cookie glue...
Royal icing should have the consistency of thick & sticky glue, resembling craft glue used in school.

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What ingredients are needed to make eggless royal icing?

• Fresh lemon juice
• Aquafaba (the magical juice of chickpeas - either from the canned or soaked variety)
• Icing sugar, which is also known as confectioners sugar or powdered sugar

How to make plant based Royal Icing

There's not much thinking required. Here's how;

Step 1 - In an electric mixing bowl, whisk aquafaba and lemon juice until foam forms. I used my Kitchen Aid Artisan Mini Stand Mixer* using the whisk attachment*

Step 2 - Divide icing sugar (confectioners/powdered sugar) into two parts

Step 3 - Add one part of the icing sugar to the aquafaba and whisk until all well blended into a paste

Step 4 - Add second part of icing sugar into the paste and whisk until mixture resembles white glue for approximately 7-8 minutes

Step 5 - If desired, add food colouring to all or some of the batch

Step 6 - Use with piping bag to decorate cookies, muffins, etc

Step 7 - Store in a snap lock bag in fridge

Adding a few drops of food colouring to eggless royal icing

Vegan royal icing that has been coloured red and green.

I used this royal icing recipe to decorate my Gingerbread Cookies (Gluten Free), which went down a treat!

What else can I use Aquafaba for?

There are so many uses for aquafaba, I generally use it as an egg replacer in cakes, muffins and meringues.

For recipe ideas; try No egg choc chip muffin, Lemon Cake with Thyme or Vegan Meringues.