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

Icing is a sugary topping for desserts such as cakes, donuts, or pastries. It is generally thinner than , and is commonly translucent.

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

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Cream cheese frosting split. Is it still safe for consumption?

As I was making cream cheese frosting, it split and curdled a bit . Can I still use it for icing the cake . It tastes fine.
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Can agar-agar be used in fondant icing in place of gelatin?

Can china grass (agar-agar) be used as a substitute to gelatin in fondant cake icing?
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For a baking beginner, what cake icing you recommend?

I am a beginner in cooking/baking. I have tried a couple of cake and muffin recipes, the simple ones turn into a hard crust after a while. There are good ones that need temperature measurements and are complicated for me to make like "Cake…
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How long can a stacked carrot cake be stored

I'm baking a cake for someone's wedding and need advice on whether a carrot cake can be stacked and how long can it be stored.
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Printer for applying royal icing

Is there something like a printer that makes it easy to create icing art on cookies? All the work to create the example below, I believe there is something that can facilitate production
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How to make striking glaze drizzle?

In this video the chefs drizzle two colours across their cakes: https://youtu.be/EJsUDT9Z_Io?t=11m42s In the comments the presenting chef explains that she doesn't know what that drizzle is but that it could be food colouring and condensed…
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Substitute regular sugar for confectioners sugar in icing

Can I use regular sugar instead of powdered sugar to make a drizzle icing for my pound cake?
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Using double cream in icing

I'm looking at a recipe for icing that uses double cream as the substrate for the icing. How well will the cream be preserved on a 1:4 (or better, given its application) mix? Also, how well would such icing set? I'm looking for a fairly stiff mix…
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Substituting Soy milk +vegan butter for whole milk +margerine for whipped fluffy icing

I would like to make an icing for my family member who has a milk allergy. I have a recipe for whipped fluffy icing using whole milk, flour, sugar and margerine. It is cooked, then cooled and additional steps follow. Will it turn out well if I…
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What causing royal icing to get stringy?

When I try to make small dots on my cookie decorations, sometimes the royal or syrup icing gets stringy so it leaves a trail instead of coming off the dot clean.
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Butter cream icing substitutions for covering the cake with fondant

Is it Okay to have whipped cream icing before covering the cake with fondant? I don't have enough time to make butter cream so I would know other alternatives that could be used in this case. I have heard that whipped cream might make the fondant…
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Thickness of ready-to-roll icing

To what thickness should I roll out icing for covering a cake? I had a look at Google where values range from 1mm to 5mm. 5mm strikes me as a bit thick; and the last time I tried, I had some trouble to roll it to anything much thinner than 2mm. Any…
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Sprinkles on rolled icing

we are about to decorate some cup cakes and want to know the best way to put sprinkles onto rolled icing without the colours running or the sprinkles falling off They will be no. 3's and they will be placed on a stick to stand on the top of the cup…
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Substitute yogurt powder for confectioners sugar when making royal icing

When making treats, I try to make them as appealing as possible and like to decorate them. I have been looking for an icing recipe that can be used for decoration that doesn't include sugar. Most of the ones I have found call for yogurt, however…
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Ganache coating on a roulade

What started out as a variation on a Sacher Torte has turned into a roulade (mostly to justify my recent purchase of a jelly roll pan). I think I've got it figured out exactly how I want to do it, except for one thing. I want to coat the whole thing…
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