Reply to "Effect of Hands on Royal Icing Consistency"

I have been reading the book "The Art of Royal Icing, by Eddie Spence" and this is what he has to say on the matter :

Remember that heat - whether in the atmosphere or from your hands - will cause the air in the icing to expand which will make the icing short (it will not flow easily), do not use the same bag of icing from more than 20 minutes as the heat from your hands will cause air bubbles to form and the lines may break.

I find that this is true for me. The heat from my hand transfer to the icing in the bag that I am holding. I try to make the icing a "little" more firm that what I really want because the "time" and "heat" effect makes it more liquid.

6/14/1412:47 PM

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