Simple Christmas tree with waffle cone and royal icing
This is a basic stiff royal icing from 1 cup of powdered sugar so that it can be crafted by hand, colored and pipe, or spread into decorative trees for Christmas gingerbread houses.
Servings 3 small cones
Ingredients
- 3 waffle cones pine tree base
Basic Royal Icing w/ Meringue Powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1.5 Tbsp hot water extra water to dilute depending on climate/consistency
- 1 Tbsp meringue powder
Optional
- green food color
- powdered sugar snow immitation
- decorative sprinkles
Instructions
- Stir together hot water and meringue powder.
- Add powdered sugar and whisk on medium till thick, do not whip for more than 5 minutes.
- Divide into small bowls and add food colors of your choice.
- Use any leave tip, and pipe onto the waffle cone starting from the bottom up.
- You can also spread green icing onto the waffle cone with a spatula before dip it into green sugar or decorative granules.