Icing (food)
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Icing, or frosting,
Icing can be formed into shapes such as flowers and leaves using a
A basic icing is called a glacé, containing
More complex icings can be made by beating fat into powdered sugar (as in
Some icings can be made from combinations of sugar and cream cheese or sour cream, or by using ground almonds (as in marzipan).
Icing can be applied with a utensil such as a knife or spatula, or it can be applied by drizzling or dipping (see glaze), or by rolling the icing out and draping it over the cake. The method of application largely depends on the type and texture of icing being used. Icing may be used between layers in a cake as a filling, or it may be used to completely or partially cover the outside of a cake or other baked product.
Apart from its aesthetic functions, icing can also improve the flavour of a cake, as well as preserving it by sealing in moisture.[4]
History
Covering cakes with powdered sugar or other materials was introduced in the 17th century.[5] The first documented case of frosting occurred in 1655, and included sugar, eggs and rosewater.[6] The icing was applied to the cake then hardened in the oven. The earliest attestation of the verb to ice in this sense seems to date from around 1600,[7] and the noun icing from 1683.[8] Frosting was first attested in 1750.[9]
Types
- Buttercream, made primarily of sugar and butter
- Fondant icing, heated water and sugar, sometimes with gelatin-like stabilizers
- Rolled fondant is rolled out like sugar cookies; a stiffer version can be used like sugar pastefor three-dimensional sculptural modeling.
- Poured fondantis a thin, pourable glaze.
- Ganache, melted chocolate and cream
- Powdered sugar glacé, a simple glaze made from powdered sugar and a small amount of liquid (e.g., water). It may be poured, drizzled, spread, or, in thicker versions, piped.
- Meringue, cooked egg white and sugar.
- Some icings, such as Italian meringue buttercream, are meringues with butter added, in which case they are classified as buttercreams.
- Seven-minute frosting is a soft meringue. It does not store well.
- Royal icing, uncooked egg white and sugar. Dries hard and keeps for months.
- Whipped cream, may be used for decorating cakes. It does not store well.
Cake decorating
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Cupcakes decorated with green buttercream frosting -
Buttercream decorations being added -
Carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting -
Rolled fondantwith sculpted fondant roses -
Poured fondant on petit fours -
Chocolate ganache being poured onto a cake -
Advertisement showing chocolate cake with seven-minute frosting -
Christmas cookies decorated with powdered sugar glaze -
Chocolate truffle cake with icing and whipped cream
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See also
- Marzipan, ground almonds and sugar
- Couverture chocolate, a high cocoa butter chocolate
- Glazing
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, s.v. 'frosting' 3.a
- ^ "Italian Meringue Buttercream Recipe".
- ^ "Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe".
- ^ CraftyBaking. "What is Frosting and Icing? | Crafty Baking | Formerly Baking911". CraftyBaking | Formerly Baking911. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- The Food Timeline.
- ^ "The Bake Shoppe at Country Table - It's all about the Buttercream". The Bake Shoppe at Country Table. Retrieved 2022-03-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2012, s.v.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2012, s.v.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2012, s.v.
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