Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Cooking Games – Icing a Cake


There are plenty of ways to ice a cake, but the most fun is to do it with creative flair. Think about what you want from your cake. Do you want to make cupcakes of every color? Or perhaps you’ll be making a sheet cake for a friend’s birthday? How good are you with icing and art? If you have a pretty fair hand, you’ll be able to design a fun cake with a picture and writing. If you’re lucky to hold a spatula correctly, you can still enjoy sprinkles and other goodies.

Icing a cake is easily the most fun of the entire cake cooking game. Cooking games with icing are especially enjoyable because occasionally nibbles of icing make it into your mouth. When spreading icing, be sure that the cake is cooled completely. A hot cake will melt the icing and make things runny and a mess.

Spread the icing in thick layers using a spatula to spread it out. Start in the center of the cake and move outward. If you want an impressive presentation, plan on moving the cake to a clean platter once it’s iced. You can do this using a round piece of cardboard under the cake.

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