Sugar Skull Recipe Without Meringue Powder

Pop skulls out of molds.

Sugar skull recipe without meringue powder. The recipe consists of 1 pound of powdered sugar 14 cup of meringue powder and 13 cup of water. Firmly press sugar mixture into skull-shaped molds. Fill both the front and back of the skull mold with the wet sugar compacting it tightly so that there are no air holes.

Mix 1 cup 225 grams of sugar 1 teaspoon 5 milliliters of meringue powder and. Prepare royal icing see recipe on back. So if you can score yourself a sugar skull mold this is what you will need.

Mix the dry ingredients in the bowl before adding any moisture. Mixing bowl and spoon. Once the skulls are hard enough to touch use a spoon and scoop out the middle it should still be soft enough to scoop.

Leave a 12 inch thick wall around the edge. Scrape off the excess so that the tops are flat. Keep adding the water in very small portions and mixing with your hands until your sugar feels like DAMP sand on a beach.

Mix on slow speed to wet ingredients and then on high speed for about 9 minutes. Place the powdered sugar 23 cup water and the remaining 12 cup of the meringue powder in a mixing bowl together. The recipe calls for meringue powder and says one product works the best.

Mix the sugar meringue powder and water together until the sugar holds together when squeezed. If youre making a lot of skulls you can use 12 cup of meringue powder and 7 tablespoons of water for every 10 pounds of sugar. Let the skulls dry for 8 hours.