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===Glacé icing=== | ===Glacé icing=== | ||
A very simple icing, often drizzled over Fairy Cakes or larger cakes and used for feathering on Mille-feuilles | A very simple icing, often drizzled over Fairy Cakes or larger cakes and used for feathering on Mille-feuilles. It is runny and shiny and probably the easiest icing to work with. It is made from [[icing sugar]] and water with the optional addition of flavourings and/or colourings. | ||
For every 100g of [[icing sugar]], mix in about 13-20mls boiling water, depending on whether you are adding additional liquid. It takes around 30 minutes to set, but will not set hard. If you prod it, it will crack. | For every 100g of [[icing sugar]], mix in about 13-20mls boiling water, depending on whether you are adding additional liquid. It takes around 30 minutes to set, but will not set hard. If you prod it, it will crack. | ||