Edible Glitter on a Gingerbread House: Icing, Not Cookie, and When

Podcast: The Monégasque Table · MONÉGASQUE

Opublikowano: 2026-10-13

Edible glitter on a gingerbread house — does it go on the icing or on the cookie? On the icing, and only while it is wet. A gingerbread house has two icings doing two different jobs at two different times. The structural royal icing that holds the walls up grabs in minutes and dries hard over hours, so by the time anyone is decorating, it is a rock. The decorating icing — the snow on the roof, the piped windows, the icicles — is wet while you are looking at it, and wet, glossy icing is the only surface that holds shimmer. A baked...