Recipe help: Chantilly Cream and Creme Anglaise

V. says: I love chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. I have tried without success to come up with a vanilla frosting that taste very much like vanilla ice cream. I then thought about a vanilla mousse which is probably as close to vanilla ice cream as I probably will come. I have tried several [...]

Royal Icing for gingerbread houses

Pam asks: I have a question that I am hoping you can help me with.  I am making a lot of frosting for a gingerbread house project.  It is royal frosting (egg whites, powdered sugar, and cream of tartar).  Have you ever worked with this?  Do you think I can make it the day before?  [...]