Icing

General description

 Icing tends to be more sugary and hardens faster. It appears milky and crystal like and can be used for decorating. It is thinner than cake frosting and is used on ring doughnuts, the glossier carrot cakes, and the lines decorating gingerbread men, as well as many other applications. Icing is most often drizzled, brushed, or poured onto the confection and some times the best way to get the icing on the cake is to dip it in.

Royal icing is the hard white icing usually found on Christmas and wedding cakes. It becomes really hard once it sets and, as a result, can be great for making edible flowers, decorating cookies, and writing or making lines on your cake. It is the most popular icing when icing cookies because it is great for decorative details and holds its shape when stacked. Warning: You don’t want to make your royal icing very thick because it could become too hard to eat.