Hard white icing made from icing sugar and egg whites, typically used to decorate fruit cakes.
〈主英〉（尤指用以装饰水果蛋糕的）糖霜面，糖霜酥皮
Example sentencesExamples
Made from icing sugar and egg whites, royal icing sets like concrete.
Decoration is important; festive fruit cakes are usually topped with marzipan and covered with royal icing, suitably embellished with piping, cut paper, and little figures.
All the cakes were either topped with royal icing or butter icing.
The festival will include cakes for all occasions, with toppings made of fondant, butter cream, fresh cream, and royal icing.
The focus of this class is learning and perfecting various kinds of piping and flowers made from buttercream and royal icing.
Synonyms
glaze, sugar paste
Definition of royal icing in US English:
royal icing
nounˌroi(ə)l ˈīsiNGˌrɔɪ(ə)l ˈaɪsɪŋ
British
Hard white icing made from confectioners' sugar and egg whites, typically used to decorate fruitcakes.
〈主英〉（尤指用以装饰水果蛋糕的）糖霜面，糖霜酥皮
Example sentencesExamples
All the cakes were either topped with royal icing or butter icing.
Made from icing sugar and egg whites, royal icing sets like concrete.
The festival will include cakes for all occasions, with toppings made of fondant, butter cream, fresh cream, and royal icing.
The focus of this class is learning and perfecting various kinds of piping and flowers made from buttercream and royal icing.
Decoration is important; festive fruit cakes are usually topped with marzipan and covered with royal icing, suitably embellished with piping, cut paper, and little figures.