Icing on the cake / myLot

India

October 31, 2024 5:12am CST

I am not talking about the idiom ''Icing on the cake" but cakes with icing There is icing on cakes mostly for special occasions and I doubt if anyone will do it just for home consumption. I have tried my hand at icing cakes made for friends and family occasions I spent time browsing Wikimedia commons to upload an image here and had a good time looking at the countless photos You are right. My mouth watered

I prefer soft icing which has a touch of butter andhave never eaten that hard icing which is nothing sugar and the whites of an egg. I had picked up the roses from our wedding cake (hard icing) as a memory which got spoilt in keeping I will be baking the date and walnut cake for Christmas and will not be icing it Image credit:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iced_christmas_cake.jpg

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6850)

• United Kingdom

31 Oct

Royal icing (or hard icing, as you described) used to be popular here for all formal celebration cakes. Now, people prefer the buttercream or fondant icing. Water icing is another and is quick and easy to prepare. I’m not a fan of any because of the sugar content, but (like me) in small doses it is ok. I love date and walnut cake, so please save me a slice!

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

I am not aware of water icing. What does it look like?

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

@Orson_Kart Not seen this anywhere

Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6850)

• United Kingdom

1 Nov

@allknowing It’s just icing sugar (powered sugar) mixed with warm water to a consistency that allows you to drizzle over a cake. Nice.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472124)

• Switzerland

31 Oct

I do not like sugar icing, I prefer simple cakes with only a little whipped cream on top to decorate, or a cream cheese frosting.

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

@LadyDuck I have a sweet tooth and no issues with sugar for me

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

Will lthat cream not have sugar?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472124)

• Switzerland

1 Nov

@allknowing - I add a very little quantity of sugar, no more than a couple of teaspoon, but it is very possible to avoid sugar.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223885)

• Chile

3 Nov

Lately I only buy cakes. The two I like best have beautiful icings. I suppose that they need to add beautiful icings to sell them. When I made cakes, it depended on the occation.

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

4 Nov

I do not remember when it was the last time I iced a cake

luisadannointed

@luisadannointed (6308)

• Philippines

1 Nov

My mom celebrated her birthday last Sunday that's why we have cakes in the fridge, but I ate them all so its gone now, lol!

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

You said you ate them all. Were they cup cakes?

luisadannointed

@luisadannointed (6308)

• Philippines

1 Nov

@allknowing we don't have cup cakes, only cakes. Mango Bravo. i waited for it for months, lol! The cakes was my aunt's gift to my mom.

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

1 Nov

@luisadannointed I still do not understand. How big were they?

rakski

@rakski (126327)

• Philippines

31 Oct

there are lots of icing or frosting available. I like them all. I prefer doing the buttercream frosting, cream cheese frosting and chocolate ganache. But I like marshmallow icing too but never done it before

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@allknowing (137976)

• India

31 Oct

More than browsing those images my mouth watered reading your response