Last week I had the opportunity of co-hosting a baby shower! The theme that we went with was Strawberry Lemonade, so all the decor and many of the appetizers and treats were based around the colors of pink and lemmony yellow!
The first thing I decided to make was dipped Oreos, but I wanted to make it easy to decorate them. I made royal icing flowers the night before. They were super easy and turned out really well! They were so tiny and cute!
Royal Icing Using Meringue Powder:
4 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons meringue powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 – 3/4 cup warm water
Mix all ingredients in an electric blender and beat until stiff peaks form. Put into icing bags and use various tips to make different shaped icing designs. I spread out a sheet of parchment paper and just went to town making flowers! It made soooooo much that I just put the leftovers in a bag to use later. I think that as long as they are kept dry they will last quite a while!
The next day, I used some Wilton Candy melts and dipped half the Oreo’s in the melted white candy melts and placed upright on the parchment. I immediately added one little flower to each.
Let set, harden, and you’re good to go! Yum! (Hint: The tray that they are on is just my small cutting board, covered in white cardstock and an organza ribbon tied around it. I left all the beautiful serving trays in storage when we moved for my husband to attend grad. school. Our current apartment is too small for all of it so I just made do with what I had!)
these look wonderful! It’s tough living in small quarters, but you get creative, I did something similar when I lived in a 300 sq ft studio apt for grad school!
Thanks so much Andi! They really were quite fun! 300 sq. ft! That’s sure small. I’d probably give up my bedroom if it meant I could craft!
These are great, and so easy! I can’t wait to have kids so I have an excuse to have parties and make fun stuff like this =)
Thanks for sharing!
hi from puerto rico :-) , love this recipe, im a little confuse on the water, should it be tap water or from the fridge and is it 1/2 or 3/4 cup. ?
Hi Marilys! Any water will work just fine! The exact amount of water will depend on how thick you want the icing. Less water will yield a slightly thicker icing.
Hope that helps!