cos goddamn you bob let's have a real poll smurf you
What do you call it?
Glacing.
icing on cupcakes, frosting on entire cakes.
icing, but i don't hate the other term
Anyone who says frosting should be turned into fertilizer.
who smurfing cares what it's called, it's smurfing delicious and by far the best part of cake
Frankly, I'd often rather skip the cake and just eat the damn icing.
Get out.
They are DIFFERENT. And those of you who have had homemade versions of them would KNOW THAT. JERKS.
Frosting is more common. It is mounded and spread on cakes. It's thick and stiff (that's what she said) and it stays in place. It maintains consistency and forms well.
Icing is less common (except on cookies.) It starts runny and ends kind of crisp and glossy. You can't spread it because it just goes everywhere.
A good example. You use frosting for layer cakes. You use icing for sticky buns and bundt cakes.
Signature by rubah. I think.
foa is correct. Icing is for cinnamon rolls. Frosting is for cakes, cupcakes, brownies, sugar cookies and everything else that requires a frost.
They can be used interchangeably. You know, like people do all of the time. Even the dictionary agrees: Icing | Define Icing at Dictionary.com