This cake has an icing made with sour cream.

Icing (also frosting) is a sweet glaze made of sugar, that often also contains butter, water, egg whites, milk, or flavorings and is used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or biscuits. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 594 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 1712 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 594 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 1712 pixel, file size: 1. ... Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ... Look up Sweet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A glaze in cooking is a coating of a glossy, often sweet, mixture applied to food. ... Magnification of grains of sugar, showing their monoclinic hemihedral crystalline structure. ... Butter is commonly sold in sticks (pictured) or blocks, and frequently served with the use of a butter knife. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Albumen redirects here. ... A glass of cows milk. ... This article is about flavor as a sensory impression. ... Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing and other edible decorative elements to transform otherwise plain cakes into colorful and festive works of art. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Icing can be formed into shapes such as flowers and leaves using a pastry bag. Such decorations commonly grace birthday and wedding cakes. Chef's color dye (food coloring) is commonly added to icing mixtures to achieve the desired color. Sprinkles, coloring mist, or other decorations are often used on top of icing. A pastry bag is used to pipe semi-solid foods by pressing them through a narrow opening at one end, for many purposes including cake decoration. ... Birthday Cake The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday tradition in Western cultures since the middle of the 19th century. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Food coloring spreading on a thin water film. ...

The simplest icing is a glacé icing, containing icing sugar and water. This can be flavored and colored as needed, for example by using lemon juice in place of the water. More complicated icings can be made by beating fat into icing sugar (as in butter cream), by melting fat and sugar together, by using egg whites (as in royal icing), and by adding other ingredients such as glycerin (as in fondant). Some icings can be made from combinations of sugar and cream cheeses, or by using ground almonds (as in marzipan). Powdered sugar (in Britain, icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioners sugar. ... Binomial name (L.) Burm. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Icing (food). ... Royal Icing is a hard white icing, made from softly beaten egg whites, icing sugar, and sometimes lemon juice. ... Glycerin, also well known as glycerine and glycerol, and less commonly as 1,2,3-propanetriol, 1,2,3-trihydroxypropane, glyceritol, and glycyl alcohol is a colorless, odorless, hygroscopic, and sweet-tasting viscous liquid. ... Fondant is a confection used as a filling or coating for cakes, pastries, and candies or sweets. ... Country of origin United States Region, town Chester, New York Source of milk Cow Pasteurised Texture Soft Aging time none Certification Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that contains at least 33% milkfat (as marketed) with a moisture content of not more than 55%, and a pH... This article refers to the plant. ... Fruit shapes molded from marzipan Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and ground almonds that derives its characteristic flavor from bitter almonds, which constitute 4% to 6% of total almond content by weight. ...

Icing can be applied with a utensil such as a knife or spatula, or it can be applied by drizzling or dipping (see glaze) or by rolling the icing out and draping it over the cake. Icing may be used between layers in a cake as a filling, or it may be used to completely or partially cover the outside of a cake or other baked product. A knife is a sharp-edged (single or double edged) instrument consisting of a thin blade used for cutting and fitted with a handle. ... A common spatula design A spatula, known as a fish slice in British English, is a kitchen utensil with a long handle and a broad flat edge, used for lifting fish and fried foods. ... A glaze in cooking is a coating of a glossy, often sweet, mixture applied to food. ...