ICING AND FROSTING.pptx

Cakes

1. ICING AND FROSTING

2. ICING Refers to a sweet, creamy glaze usually made of sugar or water milk, enriched by adding a butter, egg whites, cream cheese or flavourings used to decorate cakes and other baked products.

3. FROSTING Used to enhance the flavour appearance of cakes. This can be prepared from sugar, egg whites or fat and flavourings.

4. FUNCTIONS OF FROSTING AND ICINGS Primarily used to cover or decorate cakes and other baked products. Used to partially or completely cover the outside part of the cake or other baked products. It can be formed into flowers and leaves using a pastry bag for decorating birthday cakes and wedding cakes. Flat icing is the simplest icing using sugar and water and flavouring usually lemon juice .

5. More complicated icings include butter cream , which is prepared by beating fat into confectioners sugar egg whites, as in royal icing, and by adding glycerine as in fondant. Icing may be used between layers of cakes as a filling. Icing and frosting form a protective covering of the cake, for longer keeping. Icing improves the taste of the cake. Icing enhances the appearance of the cake for a better market value.

6. TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF ICING Cooked – prepared by heat a. Chocolate frosting- prepared by cooking chocolate and condensed milk. b. Boiled white icing- prepared by cooking syrup from sugar and water until thread like consistency then poured little by little into beaten egg whites. 2. Uncooked icing- icing without the use of heat a. Royal icing- simplest to make used for sugars flowers. b. Butter icing- prepared by creaming the butter before adding sugar and milk beating until smooth and fluffy. c. Whipped cream d. Butter cream- prepared by creaming sugar, butter.

7. Types of Prepared Frosting Ganache – sweet creamy chocolate mixture used especially as a filling/ frosting Fondant- in French word it means melting from the root word “foundry”. In English means to decorate or sculpt cakes and pastries. Flat Royal

8. Types of Fondant Poured fondant - a creamy confection used as a coating or filling for cakes, pastries or sweets. - prepared from sugar or glucose and water. Rolled Fondant - Commonly used to decorate wedding cakes - prepared from gelatin or sugar - also prepared from powdered sugar and melted marshmallows Sculpting Fondant - similar to rolled fondant with stiffer consistency - used to sculpt objects

9. Fillings- a mixture put inside or paced between layers of cake. Kinds of Fillings Fruit filling Cream filling Nut filling

10. Kinds of Sugar Used in Icing confectioners’ sugar - powdered sugar - very refined sugar that gives smooth icing 2. Granulated sugar - usually used in the preparation of fondant - made into syrup before added gradually to the other icing ingredients 3. Castor sugar ( superfine sugar) - type of sugar used in preparing icing.