Water Icing
Ingredients
Directions
Make the icing
Mix the icing sugar with cold water until smooth.
Warm the mixture in a pan.
Finish
Spread it over the cake immediately.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Icing sugar
- Provides sweetness and bulk, and sets into a smooth, glossy coating.
- Cold water
- Dissolves the icing sugar into a smooth, spreadable liquid.
The step that matters
Spread it over the cake immediately. Warm water icing sets quickly as it cools and thickens, so it must be spread while still fluid to give an even coating.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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