I've always waited until after the cake has cooled down.
no sorry you have to make a glaze
glaze
The recipe for a cake glaze can be found in just about every basic or cake based cookery book. It is also quite often on the icing sugar box, and will of course be found on a simple web search.
Like cake glaze
when it is not hot no more but is cool
A pound cake needs to cool to room temperature before adding glaze.
Toppings such as frosting or glaze can be used to add flavoring as well as creamy moisture to a cake.
If a cake filling recipe requires lemon juice, can lime juice be used instead?
It's probably not a good idea to bake the plastic trinket in the cake. Instead, poke it in somewhere after the cake has baked and cooled and cover the hole with glaze and colorful sprinkles.
You do it for no other reason than to help make a covering layer or decoration adhere - In a Xmas cake this might be marzipan followed by Royal icing. If you're putting blanched almonds or other fruit and nuts on the cake the apricot glaze helps them adhere and then more is brushed over the topping to give it a golden veneer. It willmake no real difference to your cake if you forgot the apricot glaze. Many people pick off the marzipan and icing anyway.
Ingredients1 c Chopped pecans1 18.5 oz yellow cake mix1 3.75 oz pkg jello instantVanilla pudding mix 4 Eggs1/2 c Cold water1/2 c Wesson oil1/2 c Dark rum (80 proof)Glaze: 1/4 lb Butter1/4 c Water1 c Sugar1/2 c Dark rum (80 proof)Cake: Sprinkle nuts in bottom of bundt pan. Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour over nuts. Bake 1 hour at 325 F. Cool. Invert on serving plate. Prick top and drizzle and smooth glaze evely over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is used up. Glaze: Melt butter in sauce pan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
Yes, but it should be melted, strained, and cooled before applying.