Frosting or Icing?

[SpongeScott]

I need to know if this is a regional thing. Thanks for your help! :wave:

 

[tigsmom]

You frost the cake, silly. :wave:

 

[Lauriebar]

Another vote for frosting!!

 

[TAC]

Frost the cake,

ICE the puck!

 

[WDWFREAK53]

I frost cakes.

(Now...this is sorta complicated...because the phrase says, "Icing on the cake.")

Although, if it's a carrot cake...for some reason I always say "icing" but on chocolate, vanilla, etc. I say frosting.

 

[SpongeScott]

So far, all of the votes for frosting are from the north, save for one. Laurie, are you originally from the north?

 

[Lauriebar]

So far, all of the votes for frosting are from the north, save for one. Laurie, are you originally from the north?

I'm originally from Southern Illinois, near the Kentucky border. I have heard icing used as a noun before (The icing on this cake is delicious.) but never as a verb
(I need to ice this cake for Junior's birthday.) Don't know if this helps or not.:wave:

 

[ChefTigger]

I frost it.

Oh and FYI i did a little search:
And (the icing on the cake) comes from wedding cakes, the white multiple stories one are frost with something called Royal Icing.

 

[Atta83]

Its the icing on my cake

 

[Yellow Shoes]

grew up near St Louis, but in Illinois.

It's icing on the cake, so therefore you would "ice" the cake. Since few people ever freeze a cake, or throw it onto frozen water, there is little confusion as to one's intentions.

And if you want to sew a dress, you buy "material," not "fabric."

 

[se8472]

I Ice the cake...and I am from NY.

 

[ogryn]

Slice it in half and stick Jam/Jelly in the middle, then white icing

-or-

Slice it in half and stick chocolate frosting in the middle, then chocolate icing.

-or-

Slice it in half and stick jam/jelly in the middle, then sprinkle castor sugar over the top

 

[wannab@dis]

frost



• noun 1 a deposit of white ice crystals formed on surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. 2 a period of cold weather when frost forms.

• verb 1 cover or be covered with or as if with frost; freeze. 2 [size=-1]N. Amer.[/size] decorate with icing.


I frost (action / verb) a cake with icing (noun).

 

[barnum42]

Marzipan with ICING on top of that.

 

[Lauriebar]

frost



• noun 1 a deposit of white ice crystals formed on surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. 2 a period of cold weather when frost forms.

• verb 1 cover or be covered with or as if with frost; freeze. 2 [size=-1]N. Amer.[/size] decorate with icing.


I frost (action / verb) a cake with icing (noun).

I understand where you are going with your post but, the noun frosting is what you should have looked up. It has a first definition of 1. a sweet, creamy mixture for coating or filling cakes, cookies, etc: icing.

My point being that both are correct it just depends on what your momma called it!!:slurp:

 

[doop]

Ice that cake!

 

[Dakotadogy]

I was always taught that icing is the clear sugery stuff that is drizzled on top of baked goods. Most people don't ice their cakes this way; they put on frosting (like chocolate -- umm now I need to go bake a cake!).

 

[Kingdom Konsultant]

I definately frost the cake.

 

[DisneyJill]

Icing in Indiana :wave:

 

[Computer Magic]

Icing in Indiana :wave:

Ditto :slurp: