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Questions tagged [frosting]

A sugary topping for desserts such as cakes and donuts. Frosting is generally thicker and fluffier than icing. Questions may be about preparing, storing, or using frosting, or about techniques for applying icing to a target baked good.

Frosting is a sugary topping for desserts such as cakes or donuts. It is generally thicker and fluffier than .

Questions for this tag may be about preparing, storing, or using frosting. Questions can also be about the techniques for applying frosting to a baked good.

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What kind of frosting doesn't need to be refrigerated?

I'm looking for a frosting I can leave on the counter (under a cover of some kind) for a few days. What kind of frosting (for a cake or cupcakes) would stand up to this? Ideally, I would like this to be something that I could make from scratch.
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Coffee Grounds and Gritty Butter Cream Icing

Is there any way to dissolve coffee grinds once added to a butter cream frosting? I used instant coffee crystals in the past and they have always dissolved when simply added to the butter cream during the mixing stage — without having to dissolve…
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How can I pipe multicolored flowers?

I've seen beautiful multi-color piping with buttercream frosting where the outer part of the flower is a different shade than the inner part. Here's an example: How can this be achieved? Is there a way to make the colors change without using…
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Multi-nozzle piping rig?

I need to frost a ton of cupcakes (hundreds) for an event in a few months and I'm looking for something to help me do this. Has anyone ever seen a manual multi-nozzle (like 3 or 4-nozzle) piping gun, or something like that? (Imagine 3 or 4 caulking…
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What kinds of frostings have a lighter texture?

It seems like the frosting is either an inch of sweetened shortening or just simple whipped cream. The recipes for frosting that I have tried have always been sickeningly fatty and sweet. I do find creme cheese frosting good but it is still a bit…
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Why do uncooked frostings that contain milk not need to be refrigerated?

I have seen (and used) recipes for icing and glaze that use uncooked milk in them, yet they do not need to be refrigerated. (For example, one with powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and butter or shortening.) If I just left out a cup of milk, it would…
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Piping whipped cream icing vs buttercream

I'm looking to try piping whipped cream icing, instead of buttercream -- what are the major handling differences the feel to it, different tips to use, any tricks or pitfalls I should be aware of? I've never done whipped cream icing before, but it…
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Pre-frosting cake with jelly

I am making a chocolate cake for my son's birthday. Used a boxed cake mix (with a few substitutions) for the cake itself. Going to use chocolate frosting. Had the idea to put a light coat of strawberry jelly on the top and let is soak in before…
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Can you make a French Buttercream in a food processor? (Experiment Results)

Unless I get a credible and resounding NO! very soon, I'm going to give it a shot. I've recently started using my food processor for more and more whipped egg (not whipped egg white) applications, and they have always turned out surprisingly well.…
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Preparing as much as possible of a cake in advance

It's my girlfriend's birthday this WE and I plan on secretly preparing a cake she likes. However, we'll be in the countryside with friends this WE, and I'll have very limited time to prepare on site without getting caught. So my plan it to…
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What kind of frosting has similar texture to the major grocery brands?

I have a frosting conundrum. I like the texture of the major brands of frosting one might buy in a grocery store, like Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker or similar. Specifically, I like that the frosting is dense and becomes a bit stiff as it sets,…
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How to make frosting very white, fluffy, and shiny?

Given a typical recipe for frosting (preferably cream cheese), what can be done to make it fluffy and shiny -- even in a chilled state? I've noticed that my cream cheese frosting tends to do this if I put it in the refrigerator. I'm wondering if…
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How can I attach printed rice paper decorations to cakes / cookies?

I bought some printed rice paper decorations (flat circles of rice paper printed with edible ink) for my son's birthday party. I'm not sure what the best way is to attach them to cakes / cookies and I don't have a lot of spare time to…
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Did I turn my frosting into mayonnaise?

A few weeks ago I made a European-ish buttercream with roughly these ingredients: 4 large whole eggs plus two yolks; ~1.5 cups of white sugar; ~1T vanilla bean paste (I scraped out the rest of my jar); 5 sticks of salted butter (I like salted…
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Making cake balls with a not-so-sweet frosting

I baked a cake which is sweet and moist. I would like to make cake balls with it, but I wonder what should I use as frosting to not make it sweeter! Is it possible to ignore any kind of frosting and does coating the cake balls - which are made out…
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