Everything about Icing Food totally explained
Icing is a
sweet glaze made of
sugar that often also contains
butter,
water,
egg whites,
milk, or
flavorings and is used to cover or
decorate baked goods, such as
cakes or
cookies.
Icing can be formed into shapes such as flowers and leaves using a
pastry bag. Such decorations commonly grace
birthday and
wedding cakes. Chef's color dye (
food coloring) is commonly added to icing mixtures to achieve the desired color. Sprinkles, coloring mist, or other decorations are often used on top of icing.
The simplest icing is a glacé icing, containing
icing sugar and water. This can be flavored and colored as desired, for example by using
lemon juice in place of the water. More complicated icings can be made by beating fat into icing sugar (as in
butter cream), by melting fat and sugar together, by using egg whites (as in
royal icing), and by adding other ingredients such as
glycerin (as in
fondant). Some icings can be made from combinations of sugar and
cream cheeses, 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.
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