Buttercream Frosting Vs. Buttercream Icing

Decorating By Baygirl Updated 16 Jun 2006 , 1:44am by jmt1714

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Baygirl Posted 15 Jun 2006 , 11:06pm
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Hi Everyone,

I am 2 days new to this site and I joined because I wanted a new past time...baking. I have been looking around and I am already inspired to get started. My first task is my son's birthday cake. I want to do a figure 8 race track. I am using a dirt track but I need to cover the rest of the cake with green frosting or icing. You see, that's where I am confused...when I look at the recipes I see one for buttercream frosting and one for buttercream icing. What's the difference between frosting and icing and which one is yummier for kids (or perhaps the better question is which one is easier to make and use for a newbie)? Also, I believe the frosting yields too much for what I need (two round 9"cake pans), any suggestions for how much of each ingredient to use to cover those cakes? Thanks in advance. I'm sure you'll be hearing from me a lot more...please be patient!!!

Baygirl

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knoxcop1 Posted 15 Jun 2006 , 11:09pm
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Welcome to Cake Central!

As far as I know--frosting & icing are the same thing! Just different names for the same thing.

And, most recipes will usually make about enough to frost a 9 inch two layer, or a 13x9!

Hope this helps,
--Knox--

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JoAnnB Posted 15 Jun 2006 , 11:12pm
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Icing is a professional term for the sugar covering on a cake. Frosting and icing are the same.

It usually takes more icing than you think to cover and decorate a cake. For a 8" cakes, you need a recipe with at least one pound of powdered sugar.

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dogluvr Posted 16 Jun 2006 , 1:40am
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check out my photo of a race car track that I recently made. I thought it came out cool........

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jmt1714 Posted 16 Jun 2006 , 1:44am
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and it can be a regional term too - like some people call a soft drink a coke,some call it a soda, some call it pop.

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