- present participle of frost.
frosting
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When frosting a cake, consider piping in swirls rather than straight lines for a tipsy Victorian look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A soft, spice-warmed cake that layers apples three ways—applesauce in the crumb, roasted chunks folded through and a tangy apple butter frosting on top.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Everything else is just frosting on the cake.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Big wasn’t a crush, he was a crash,” Carrie says to Miranda as she peels down the wrapper on a cupcake topped with bright pink buttercream frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
The cake a driver delivered the next morning, with “I’m sorry my love” written on it in blue frosting, had a bitter aftertaste, but Aunty Uju kept it in the freezer for months.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“If you’re really going into baking all the time with soy sauce, and you’re going to use it for your caramels and your frostings, then, yeah, invest in a good one.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
I was in a certified funk the day I was supposed to sample the new line of Dolly Parton-themed cake mixes and frostings from Duncan Hines.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
She offers 50 cakes — sheet cakes, stacked cakes, rolled cakes, even ice cream cakes — and many fillings, soaks and frostings to make them your own.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Baking often necessitates frostings, caramels, and creams, which can be finicky if they’re not kept at a steady temperature.
From Slate ● May 5, 2020
He had scored a superb 99 on the fill-in-the blank worksheet on cakes and frostings, not to mention a 96 on his poultry worksheet.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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