frostingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfrɒs.tɪŋ/us/ˈfrɑː.stɪŋ/USa sweet food used to cover or fill cakes, made from sugar and water or sugar and butter
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Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- devil's food cake
- donut
- doughnut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- panettone
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
- torte
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Examples from literature
- Mix lavender into your cupcake frosting.
- As soon as they are done, ice with either chocolate or vanilla frosting.
- It looks like the frosting on a confectioners' cake.
- Nice, sweet batter, and nice maple-sugar frosting.
- Put the remainder of the frosting on the top and sides of the roll.
- This pudding consists of cake, frosting and sauce.