Cake Frosting???

mzthang1, Oct 2, 11:41pm
WHats the dif between frosting and icing?

Also anyone have an easy tasty recipe for frosting? My sons cake requires frosting. And I have no idea, sounds nicer than icing.

TIA

pam.delilah, Oct 2, 11:45pm
frosting is the American name for icing.Whatsort of cake is it?
Butter cream is a nice icing/frosting

mzthang1, Oct 2, 11:51pm
Its a train cake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCDkm7FjdPI

It looks easy enough to make. All the frosting recipes I seem to find on google are all using american terms.

pam.delilah, Oct 2, 11:55pm
buttercream would be a nice easy icing for the train cake

Buttercream

250gms of unsalted butter should be as soft as possible without melting
500gms sifted icing sugar
1tsp vanilla extract

Beatthe butter until it is pale in colour.
Add around a third of the icing sugar to the butter on low speed.
Mix well. Add another third and then add the vanilla extract.
Finally add the remaining icing sugar.
Keep mixing until a uniform consistency is achieved.
Depending on the brand of butter and the temperature in your kitchen, you might need a couple of tablespoons of milk to loosen the buttercream.
Colour the buttercream using gel or paste colours rather than liquid colours.

mzthang1, Oct 3, 12:11am
cool thanks for that Pam. However what is Extract? Is it dif from Essence? And where can I pick up those gel or paste colours? I have only ever seen food colouring.

eternity04, May 7, 6:41am
Try this recipe for Butter Cream

1/2 c softened butter
1/2 c chefade
1 tsp vanilla essence
4 c icing sugar (sifted)
4-6 tbls milk

Mix the chefade and butter together until white in colour. Add the vanilla, mix well. Add in the icing sugar a small amount at a time, mixing well in between. Add enough milk to make the mix like thick whipped cream. Use gel or paste colours to colour the buttercream (get from a cake decorating shop). Dont use to much of the colouring as it is very strong, esp black. Just use the tip of a knife or a toothpick to add the colour in. The chefade holds the shape of the cream better.
I hope this helps, good luck, Jan...