How to Store Royal Icing Flowers

How to Store Royal Icing Flowers
Published: Dec 3, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Allow the royal icing flowers to dry completely on wax paper at room temperature. Place them in a cool and dry location for best results. It may take up to 24 hours for the flowers to harden completely.

  2. Store the royal icing flowers in an airtight container. Separate layers of them with sheets of wax paper.

  3. Store the airtight container in a dark and dry location at room temperature away from humidity, such as in a kitchen cabinet. The flowers will last indefinitely in a location free of humidity (and, thus, condensation).

Tips

If you cannot avoid humidity, use only pure powdered sugar to make the decorations, add 1 tsp. extra of meringue powder and reduce the liquid by 1 tsp. in the royal icing recipe.

Warnings

Do not store royal icing flower decorations in the freezer or refrigerator, because this can add moisture to the flowers and ruin them.

Always place royal icing flower decorations on a cake after it has thawed completely at room temperature to prevent the colors from bleeding due to condensation.

Photo Credits

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Angela LaFollette

Angela LaFollette was born in raised in West Virginia, but she currently resides with her husband and children in Minnesota. She is food freelance writer and blogger as well as a full-time stay at home mother. She holds a Bachelor of Arts…

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