frosting
- noun
- /ˈfrɔːstɪŋ/
- US
- Lily used a spoon to scrape off the pink frosting that read "Welcome Home."
- cake frosting
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Watch on YouTubeIs it a soggy cake now or did the frosting protect it?
- Is it a soggy cake now or did the frosting protect it?
- There ain't much frosting on the dessert right now, is there?
- OK, Yellow cake with chocolate frosting does not make it chocolate cake.
- You know, it's like sugar frosting on sugar dough on sugar filling.
- President Biden, that's that's like licking the frosting right off the spatula.
- We're going to be using this whipped frosting because it's a nice bright light.
Examples
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Whipped cream is the classic frosting and filling to use with a black forest cake.
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OK, Yellow cake with chocolate frosting does not make it chocolate cake.
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It's got a little frosting on it.
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We have white frosting and red frosting and a foam block.
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Top with the remaining layer. Frost the side and top of the cake with the remaining frosting.
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And can you get a cupcake with pink frosting?
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The only frosting I'm interested in today is on this donut.
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I found that refrigerating the frosting beforehand helped with the consistency a bit, but not too long!
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Jazmin, I've never had a basic buttercream frosting separate, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
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To create a delicious birthday cake, make sure to apply a thick layer of frosting on top and around the sides.
Synonyms
A sweet thick spread used to coat and decorate cakes
A sweet creamy icing made from butter and sugar for decorating cakes and pastries
A sweet soft topping spread over cakes to decorate them
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frosting comes from frost, the thin ice you see on grass, plus the ending -ing, so you can think of it as a 'cover'. That's why frosting is the sweet layer that 'covers' a cake, just like frost 'covers' the ground.