Frosting or Icing

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Permalink Reply by Deah on April 13, 2010 at 4:10pm

I never knew that Sherry. I thought they were the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kmonk on April 13, 2010 at 4:41pm

Wow! I learned something new today. I always thought they were the same thing, too. I always call it icing because that's how we referred to it where I used to work...

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Permalink Reply by Patricia Soto on April 13, 2010 at 5:02pm

Thank you Very Much Sherry... Now that I think about it icing is just what it sounds like ice shinny and smooth. Just like a glaze...Thank you again...Patty

Sherry Qualls said:

frosting uses more dry ingredients and less liquid making it creamier and smoother....icing is the opposite...it is thinner and so usually calls for more liquid and can lean toward a glaze and be a bit grainer.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kmonk on April 13, 2010 at 5:40pm

Thanks for clarifying that Sherry. I will then continue to use the term icing otherwise I could get really confused. ;)

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on April 14, 2010 at 12:23am

I always thought that Icing had more air in it too?

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