Great Icing Compendium - Fondant, Frosting and Icing Recipes & Tips

Tiered Cake with Black Icing
by Little Yiye  Black icing can be used to decorate some really classy cakes. It's essential if you want to decorate a cake with a goth theme and for some Twilight birthday cakes. In smaller quanities it is useful for writing or for decorating figures, for instance if you want to ice a groom dressed in a smart tux onto a wedding cake.






Black icing has something of a reputation for being difficult - if enough food coloring is used to make white icing black it can leave a bitter taste - but there are several ways of making black icing which help to get a good dark black. It is also possible to buy small quantities of black icing.

Wedding Cake with Butter Cream Icing
by Tracy HunterButter cream icing is an alterantive to Royal Icing which is somewhat easier to make. It is also softer and fluffier and so that making special rounded shapes is easier although Royal Icing is better for hard edges
Butter cream icing is also great for cup cakes

Cake with Fondant Icing
by J Conklin  Fondant icing is soft and squidgy; it can be rolled, cut, shaped and molded. Add drops of food coloring to make it any color you want: pink, blue, yellow, red or even a neon color. Commercial fondant can be bought, but it is much cheaper - and more fun - to make fondant icing in your own kitchen.

Fondant Shapes

Since fondant can be shaped so easily, fondant icing can be used for some fantastic projects!

Wedding Cake with Royal Icing
by Carabou  Royal icing is the thick, firm icing used for Christmas cakes and wedding cakes like the picture. It can be piped into attractive shapes and, because it has a fine texture, is great for detailed colored images and text. Sometimes the icing is colored, but or Christmas and wedding cakes snow white royal icing is usual.

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