Bought this to make it easy to put together and decorate gingerbread house.saved a lot of time and mess. Would definately buy again especially sharing task with small children

This is one of those guilty secrets that you don't want to own up to but you cringe a little every time someone compliments you on your icing. The texture is lovely to work with - too stiff to pipe, straight from the tub - but perfect for smoothing with a hot palette knife. I last used it to not only cover a cake but to then pipe white-on-white scroll work with it (very slightly) watered down, over the top. It does take a few days to dry, however. Not sure if this is longer than home made royal icing as I *cough* have never made it myself. Don't intend to either!!

Great to keep in the store cupboard, providing you keep an eye on the date

I bought this ready made royal icing to save time. I used it to cover my Christmas cake and did rough peaks and then added home made penguin decorations. I left it in a dry cool room to set. The next day I was horrified to see that the icing has not set at all and all the peaks have disappeared. My cake is ruined. I would not recommend this product for rough icing as it doesn't hold its shape or dry adequately.