I am a little bit lost
someone can tell me the difference between the icing and frosting
thank you
mariarosa

Gosh, I didn't know there was a difference. I have always thought of them as the same. But I am not a culinary graduate or a professional. Maybe someone else will let us know for sure.

I"m sure there is some sort of difference, but I use them both as frosting on a cake, still have to frost the cake, I'm making icing, and I"m icing the cake.

Hmmm....never really thought about it. Let's see, I ice the cake with frosting, but I frost the cake with icing??? Could it maybe be one is cooked and the other isn't? I'd like to know too.

I went to www.ask.com and plugged in the question. Here are some of the answers:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061001184238AAzRryr
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/bakingtips/decorating.php
http://joyofbaking.com/other/glossaryHP.html

I agree with the Joy of Baking.

I agree w/leahs & Joy of baking I perfere using the word icing or frosting.
I also much prefere using the word serve or servings instead of feed! (How many will this size feed? -- YUCK! JUst a personal thing.

I think it really just depends on where you come from, and what the norm is in that area. I grew up (in Missouri) with hearing my mom call it icing, so I call it icing. I have a CIL (cousin-in-law) in Arkansas, just one state away, and she ALWAYS calls it frosting.

Kinda like the whole soda/pop thing. I call soda, soda. My best friend, who is from Detroit, calls it pop.

Agree with Indy. It's all Coke here too. My favorite Coke is RC.

thank you everybody for answering I think that I got it....I THINK SO

I think of icing as being of a thinner substance or a thin coat or drizzle and frosting being a thicker mass or thick layer whether it's spackled or smoothed. But, I do use them, for the most part, as meaning the same thing.

Then, again, if I frost a cake, it's a dessert cake(coconut, german chocolate)...one with spatula marks swirled around in it. and if I ice one, it gets a smooth finish. Oh, hayell, I don't know!

I have only heard the US using the term "frosting".

We "ice" our cakes. We don't call it ps we call it icing sugar, hence glace icing, royal icing etc.

Just depends on where you come form

I always thought icing was a broader term than frosting.

Icing can include fondant, marzipan, chocolate, etc.

Frosting refers just to icing that you spread, as in Buttercream, whipped cream, etc.

At least, that's what I heard.