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Vegan Royal Icing

Vegan royal icing is made with aquafaba, confectioners sugar (icing sugar) and lemon juice. It is perfect for decorating cookies and cakes.
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Australian
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 1363kcal
Author: Janelle Hama

Equipment

  • mixer

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice fresh
  • ¼ cup Aquafaba juice from canned chick peas
  • 700 g Icing sugar confectioners/powdered sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 g Food colouring optional
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • In an electric mixing bowl, whisk aquafaba, lemon juice and vanilla until foam forms
    1 teaspoon Lemon juice, ¼ cup Aquafaba, ¼ teaspoon Vanilla
  • Divide icing sugar (confectioners/powdered sug¼ar) into two parts
    700 g Icing sugar
  • Add the first part of the icing sugar to the aquafaba foam and whisk until all well blended into a paste.
  • Add second part of icing sugar into the paste and whisk until mixture resembles white glue for approximately 7-8 minutes. Adjust consistency by adding and whisking a small spoonful of lemon juice (or water).
  • If desired, add food colouring to all or some of the batch. Use piping bag to decorate cookies, muffins, etc. Store in a snap lock bag in fridge

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Notes

Lemon can be replaced with white vinegar. My preference is lemon as I find the taste is subtle.
For gluing gingerbread or flowers to cakes etcetera, keep the vegan royal icing thick. Don’t add any additional liquid to this eggless royal icing
To thicken just add in more confectioners sugar.
For making smooth icing cookies (try my vegan gingerbread cookies), you will want flood icing (thinner consistency) by adding either more lemon juice or water by small spoonfuls at a time. The consistency should be that of when applied it is runny but absorb back into itself once applied.
Aquafaba has been used at room and fridge temperature for this recipe. Both have worked fine.
 
 
US cups and spoons measurements have been used. 1 cup is 240ml, 1 tablespoon is 15ml and 1 teaspoon is 5ml.
 
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N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use
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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 1363kcal | Carbohydrates: 349g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 342g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg