Royal icing for cookie decorating is the secret weapon of cake decorators and cookie artists everywhere. This simple yet versatile icing creates a smooth, hard finish that's perfect for piping ...

"For cake decorating, you can use them in place of piping individual flowers or any time you would like to add additional visual interest." (Hopefully without offsetting the ideal cake-to-frosting ...

Pipe a few dots of white icing onto the base ... Place the second-largest ring on top of the largest ring and repeat the icing and decorating process. Continue to stack the rings in decreasing ...