A thermometer is a convenient utensil to use in making icings of this kind, for with it the housewife can determine just when the sirup is boiled to the right point.
However, after the housewife has had a little experience, excellent results can be achieved in the way of icings without a thermometer if the mixture is tested carefully.
Simple sugar icings into which some butter is beaten may also be utilized to advantage in making French pastry of this kind.
For the most part, icingsare put on plain, as in Fig.
It is well to understand just what cakes may be served without icings and fillings and what ones are improved by these accompaniments.
A few cooked icings are made without egg whites, but for the most part icings of this kind consist of a sugar sirup beaten into egg whites that have been whipped until they are stiff.
These icings and fillings are used for the purpose of improving both the taste and the appearance of the cake, as well as for the purpose of retaining the moisture in it.
Icings are of two varieties: those which require cooking and those whose ingredients are not cooked.
The ingredients used in uncooked icings determine to a certain extent the utensils required to make the icings.
Materials that are much used for flavoring cake mixtures and icings are chocolate and cocoa.
They are used in plain cakes that do not contain any of the other miscellaneous ingredients, and some of them are also added to many cake mixtures and icings that contain fruits, nuts, spices, chocolate, etc.
After being flavored, icings of this kind may be used without the addition of other ingredients or they may be combined with fruits, nuts, coconut, etc.
The beating of cooked icings also has much to do with the nature of the finished product.
I'll help you do it this afternoon," promised Rosemary, who had planned to assemble the recipes for her cake icings and see what supplies were lacking that she would need.
As she had said, there were ten differenticings to be made, the same flavor being allowed only three cakes.
I have ten different kinds of icings to make--every one of the girls has asked me to ice her cake, because they say I always have good luck.
If you have a little of these icings left over, cover it and set in a cold place, and add more liquid and sugar to it the next time.
Water Icing= The simplest of icings is granulated, powdered or xxxx confectioneraEuro(TM)s sugar formed into a paste so that it will run just smooth, by the addition of hot or cold water.
Several varieties of these Icings can be made, and they are delicious.
This is beyond a doubt the finest icing made, in every respect, as it is smoother than other icings, and also does not get hard and chip off, as other icings do when you cut the cake.
Color Pastes= may be used for coloring ice cream, cakes, icings and desserts and they add a dainty touch to an otherwise ordinary dish.
Icings and especially Ornamental Icings are improved in texture and flavor by the addition of about a teaspoon of Royal Baking Powder.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "icings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
