1. What is icing

The concept of icing is different in ancient and modern times.

Nowadays, the word frosting is a name for some kind of sugar condiment spread on western-style cakes, and what our ancestors called frosting is also a kind of food, which can be seen frequently nowadays.

According to historical records, frosting originated in Suining. It adopts the manual process of constant temperature in a small pot, slow fire for a long time, artificial diligent filtration and natural crystallization. Its natural crystallization is essentially like a rockery made of ice and jade, and has the functions of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and relieving swelling, and removing upset heart and heat.

2. What is powdered sugar

icing sugar is a kind of food which is quite popular among people. It can be used as a condiment or to make various delicious folk snacks. Sugar powder is white powdery sugar with very fine particles, and there is about 3~1% starch mixture (generally corn flour), which has the function of moisture prevention and preventing sugar particles from tangling. Sugar powder can also be directly filtered with a mesh screen and directly screened on the finished product of West Point for surface decoration. Sugar powder can be divided into white sugar powder and rock sugar powder. The former is usually used for cooking western food, and the latter is mostly used as sweetener for high-grade drinks.

3. What's the difference between frosting and powdered sugar?

Powdered sugar is a mixture of corn starch and ground sugar, which is mixed with corn starch. Personally, it should be used more for the decoration of the back surface of the finished cake, but powdered sugar should be extremely fine sugar and used in the cake making process. Especially when making cookies with patterns, the effects of powdered sugar and granulated sugar are different.

powdered sugar is a powder in which sugar is ground very finely, and a small amount of starch (about 3%) is added to prevent it from forming a hard lump to make powdered sugar. Frosting: also known as one of sugar ornaments, it is a sweet coat for cakes and other baked goods. It is a smooth milky white sugar decoration product crystallized from syrup, which is generally used for icing Napoleon pastry, finger pastry, frosted cupcakes and some cakes. A bright non-stick coating can be formed on the surface of the cake.

In most cases, powdered sugar can be replaced by soft white sugar, but it can't be sprinkled on the surface of cakes and biscuits.

A large category of frosting is protein frosting, just like that used in gingerbread man and gingerbread houses. This is made by adding white vinegar to egg white and powdered sugar until it is wet and foamed. If you add pigment to it, it will be colored icing. It has a certain viscosity, just like paste in a gingerbread house.