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If Americans call it frosting, how come they still use the phrase "icing on the cake"

>> No.4514763

Frosting is like what's on donuts.

Icing is like what's on cakes.

>> No.4514764

Please die and make sure I don't ever hear about it.

>> No.4514919
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>>4514757
We use both terms, actually.

>> No.4515140

We tend to use both phrases to refer to different consistencies of icing, though the specifics depend on the individual American. I would say that frosting is a whipped concoction usually found on top of cupcakes and such, while icing is more of a glaze (like on donuts). That's just me though.

>> No.4516152

>>4515140
Texan here. I use the terms the same way.

>> No.4516186

those words don't mean the same thing, and either can be put on cakes

>> No.4516228

whats the difference between icing and goonash

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>>4514919
>dat gif

>> No.4516277

>>4514763
Nope.

Donuts have icing or glaze. Cookies and cakes can have icing or frosting.

Amerifat here.

>> No.4516866

>>4516228
ganash is better, I thought because it used more chocolate and less sugar

>> No.4516870

>>4515140
This. Whipped stuff, like buttercream, would be frosting.

>>4516228
Ganache? Ganache is made of cream and chocolate (and butter and/or salt, depending on the recipe). I would say it's more of an icing than a frosting.