icing

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Cliff reflected on the song in 1986, telling reggae archivist Roger Steffens: "The essence of my music is struggle. What gives it the icing is the hope of love."

From BBC

But Eze's achievement was just the icing on the cake for Arteta's side, because there were outstanding performances right through their team.

From BBC

He lets them know that he's icing Gerri and, since he's in a mood, axing Cyd too, instructing Tom to stay on Roman to make sure he doesn't punk out.

From Salon

Not even fancy beautiful, just like a chocolate cake with white icing, a vanilla cake with chocolate icing.

From Salon

But style, as the British novelist Martin Amis once said, “is not just an icing. It’s an ingredient, perhaps the main ingredient of your way of perceiving things.”

From Washington Post