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Icing and Frosting
Icing or frosting is often the finishing touch on many baked items. It can be used to add just a touch of sweetness, or to set the entire theme of the piece. There are many different techniques used. There are simple uses, such as drizzling. There are also very complicated techniques that people are actually schooled for.
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Is adding food coloring to icing a chemical change?
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More physical than chemical but it is still bad for you so you shouldn't have to much i a week.
Can you freeze a cheesecake that has a cream cheese frosting?
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The cheese cake will freeze, however the cream cheese frosting will not.
What is found between particles of solid or icing suger?
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Put simply, there is not just empty area between particles. The particles
themselves actually are not just particles -- they actually spread/smear out
-- and there are many other things that can make an appearance beside
protons, electrons, and neutrons. For more details, read on.
With really small spaces, smaller than atoms, the common view of hard, solid
"particles" turns out not to work too well. Scientists have learned that
particles are not quite like the 'hard spheres' you might imagine. In fact
particles in many ways are more like 'smears' that spread over lots of
locations all at once. I tell you this because an atom is not like a solar
system -- atoms are not like planets revolving around a star. An atom is
more like a bunch of overlapping smears, whose positions are not exact (think
of a water color painting instead of a pixels on a screen). What that means
is that there is not really 'empty space' inside an atom.
Actually, there is a baseline of energy everywhere in space, often described
as 'soup' from which particles are constantly emerging and disappearing
(maybe think of fishes diving out of water and landing back in). So there
are not only the particles of the atom, but lots of other ones around too,
all overlapping to some degree.
Also, different scientists might answer this question differently, because
fundamentally, scientists are still trying to figure out what is 'space' and
what is not 'space'. Some people think of space as nothingness, but modern
scientists realize there is a lot going on everywhere -- it is anything but
empty. Some people describe space as a scaffold a sorts -- a canvas for the
painting known as the universe, which can be a good way to think of it.
Others say space is the universe's gravitational field -- although I think
that is too limited a view. Right now science still has not figured out how
gravity works, so no matter what, the concept of 'space' is still very much
a mystery.
Other questions we do not know... Is a 'small' bit of space the same as large
tracts of space? That is also a subject of debate. Scientists are still
trying to figure out, for instance, if there is a 'smallest' possible amount
of space that cannot be subdivided (some scientists think there is). Another
question is how many dimensions are there in space? Most people think of
three spatial dimensions (and time being a fourth), but some scientists
describe other dimensions that people cannot observe (yet). There are reasons
for proposing additional dimensions, but the math is really complicated.
The point is this: we are still trying to figure out just what space is like
(from big universe-sized spaces to tiny spaces inside atoms), what things
are in there, and how they all interact. Like so much of science, there is a
lot more for us to figure out.
hope it helps me
What food group does icing sugar belong to?
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Sugar is glucose but both a carbohydrates!!
How can cake icing dry quicker?
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Websites recommend at least a week for thorough drying.
However, while it is best to use gum paste or royal icing which dries very hard for things like flowers or figures, if you have already made the fondant into something and you want it to dry quickly, then you can take a desk fan and have it blow onto the fondant for several hours. This will help it to dry faster. I found this information on the ehow.com website.
What do you put on a cake before the frosting to make it moist?
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A simple syrup or a fruit syrup may be brushed or poured onto a cake to make it moist. One method is to pierce the cake all over with a fork then pour the syrup over the top. Allow the cake to set several hours so the cake will absorb the syrup before frosting.
What colors do you mix to make crimson red frosting?
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With the average set of 4 colours (red, green, yellow, blue), the best you can do is a whole lot of yellow mixed in with a very very small amount of blue.
I'm not too sure what that will amount to, so try a little experiment first!
If you don't get the desired result, just do lots of red!
If you put icing on a muffin would that make it a cupcake?
Asked by Camiver16
No. Unless you want like a blueberry cupcake. The possibly. And muffins aren't sweet enough to be cupcakes. Not enough sugar.
How many cups in 180g icing sugar?
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Caster sugar is about 190g per cup... I'd say use one whole cup.
How much lemon extract do you add to a vanilla frosting to make it lemon frosting?
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1/4 teaspoon
Can you make pure icing sugar?
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i dont understand what you mean by pure.. but yes, you can make icing sugar
How can you make icing less sweet?
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When you use baking chocolate in baking, normally you melt and add it to your batter which normally has sugar and vanilla in it, both of which help flavor and sweeten the chocolate. I do not recommend eating whole chunks of baking chocolate though!
What type of icing do you use in piping bags?
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For the types of roses you normally see in bakery cakes in the supermarket, usually buttercream icing is used. You can, however, use other kinds such as royal icing for a stiffer consistency.
More information:
Icing flowers made with buttercream icing will remain soft. They can be easily squashed and will melt in heat. Flowers made with royal icing become quite hard as they dry. Although brittle, they can withstand some jostling and handling, and are impervious to heat or cold.
What are the similarities and differences between A1 sugar caster sugar and icing sugar?
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No, its not, icing sugar is a fine powder whereas caster sugar is grainy crystals. Chemically they are probably the same, but the grain size is different. Caster sugar and granulated sugar are the same though I think.
Can you make vanilla frosting without milk?
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Yes. "Seven Minute Frosting" is made with ordinary granulated sugar. See link for recipe.
Probably better to make your way to the store and invest in a can of frosting--or forgo the frosting altogether.
How many cups is 200g of icing sugar?
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That would depend on the type of sugar. I have included charts to help you convert the 3 most common types of sugar from grams to cups.
Granulated (common) Sugar
1/8 cup = 30 grams
1/4 cup = 55 grams
1/3 cup = 75 grams
3/8 cup = 85 grams
1/2 cup = 115 grams
5/8 cup = 140 grams
2/3 cup = 150 grams
3/4 cup = 170 grams
7/8 cup = 200 grams
1 cup = 225 grams
Confectioners' (powdered) Sugar
1/8 cup = 15 grams
1/4 cup = 30 grams
1/3 cup = 40 grams
3/8 cup = 45 grams
1/2 cup = 60 grams
5/8 cup = 70 grams
2/3 cup = 75 grams
3/4 cup = 85 grams
7/8 cup = 100 grams
1 cup = 110 grams
Brown Sugar
1/8 cup = 25 grams
1/4 cup = 50 grams
1/3 cup = 65 grams
3/8 cup = 75 grams
1/2 cup = 100 grams
5/8 cup = 125 grams
2/3 cup = 135 grams
3/4 cup = 150 grams
7/8 cup = 175 grams
1 cup = 200 grams
How do you make gold colored icing?
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If you have the cake decorators icing colorings one may come close to it by mixing: 1 part Christmas Red, 3 parts Sunset Orange, and 10 parts Lemon Yellow. But it will not have the metallic look.
Or you could just buy the food coloring called gold. You may or may not be able to purchase it with the metallic sheen. Edible gold is available at Sur La Table ($35 for 150 mg; 800/243-0852).
I have decorated cakes for a long time. The closest I have come to gold is canary yellow and a few drops of brown.
Or just mix a little orange, yellow for brightness, snd a slight brown, but be carefull on the brown. Too much or little = no. Make sure it's little for mistakes, you can add but can't take back.
Can you freeze a cake with frosting?
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God no. Icing the cake (crumb layer), allow it to refrigerate over night, put another (perfect) layer of icing over the crumb layer then apply your fondant
How many cups of frosting in one pound?
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Actually, cups of frosting is a volume measure -- not a weight measure. Sometimes the weight thing works for volume and sometimes it doesn't. For instance, a cup of flour generally weighs about 5 ounces (not 8, which is the 1/2 pound).
2 cups of frosting per pound seems off somehow. A good way to check it would be to check the baking aisle at the grocery store the next time you wander through. Pick up a tub of ready-made frosting and check the serving size.
I don't happen to have a tub of ready made frosting handy, or I'd give out that measure.
It also might vary based on the kind of frosting. Whipped frostings will take up more volume per ounce than dense frostings like cream cheese.
