POWDERED SUGAR ICING
This recipe makes about three cups of icing. Adjust it to suit your needs. Powdered sugar icing never dries as hard as Royal Icing.

6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup milk
6 to 8 cups powdered sugar
Assorted food colorings (such as blue, red, yellow and green)

Combine lemon juice and milk in large bowl. Whisk in 5 cups powdered sugar. Gradually whisk in enough remaining sugar by 1/2 cupfuls to form icing stiff enough to pipe (mixture will resemble stirred sour cream). Transfer 2/3 cup icing to small bowl to use as white icing; set aside. Divide remaining icing equally among 2 or more small bowls; mix food coloring by drops into each bowl, tinting icing to desired shade. If necessary, stir more sugar into icing to thicken.