How to make decorating icing

This simple yet versatile sugar cookie icing recipe, your one-stop shop for flawless spreading and breathtaking piping!

Learn how to make icing with icing sugar and water! A smooth & glossy icing that is perfect for decorating baked goods & sugar cookies!

This easy vanilla frosting is the best buttercream recipe! Make light and fluffy vanilla frosting, ideal for decorating cakes and cupcakes.

The best royal icing recipe! Perfect for decorating cookies, cakes, cupcakes, & gingerbread houses. Easy to make, pipes smooth, & dries hard.

Sharing my tried and tested technique for perfect black icing in less than 15 minutes. Most bakers plan ahead and make deep colours the day before so that they have time to develop before continuing on with their decorating. But what about those of us who are impatient, those who forget to plan ahead, or realise last minute that we need a small amount of black icing? This is a game-changer for decorators. Are you going to try it?

Royal Icing can turn regular sugar cookies into little works of art! Smooth and shiny, royal icing and flood icing is actually simple to make and decorate with too. Royal icing is a mixture of powdered sugar, meringue powder and water. Once you’ve outlined your cookies with your royal icing outline, you’ll fill in your designs with “flood” icing. Flood icing is basically just a watered-down royal icing. This smooth royal icing recipe is perfect for decorating cut-out cookies.

Royal icing can be a baker's best friend—as long as you know how to use it. Follow our expert guide for flawless frosting!

This is the only royal icing recipe you'll ever need! With no meringue powder needed, my secret ingredient makes this icing harden perfectly. Plus, I'm sharing my expert tips on adjusting your icing to the perfect consistency, coloring, and storing your icing.

This is the best icing recipe for decorating sugar cookies. It’s easy to make, and dries into a nice and smooth finish. Plus, there's an option without corn syrup! (This is our favorite sugar cookie recipe!)