Synonyms for icing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-sing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ sɪŋ

Définition of icing

Origin : 1769 in the confectionary sense, verbal noun of ice (v.). Earlier in this sense was simple ice (1723). Meaning "process of becoming covered with ice" is from 1881.

noun frosting

Example sentences :

It is used for the icing of cake or the making of French candies.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Flavour the icing with essence of lemon, or with extract of roses.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

You may make maccaroons with icing that is left from a cake.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

If you ice it, add a few drops of essence of lemon to the icing.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Recipes for icing are so general that I refer you to your cookery book.
Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen

Superintending the icing of this masterpiece occupied some time.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

As soon as the icing is spread on the cake it must be dried in an oven with the door open.
Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper

Fannie Mears, I do believe you were going to salt Rosemary's icing!
Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence

Don't let them bake a moment too long, or they will not absorb the icing.
Extract from : « The Golden Age Cook Book » by Henrietta Latham Dwight

Candies, if desired, can be stuck on with the icing sugar, etc.
Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

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