Danbooru

Tag Alias: frosting -> icing

Posted under General

It makes sense to me. I doubt icing will be confused as a hockey reference by anyone, so I see no reason not to. Funny thing about the use of frosting vs icing, though, while I frequently use "Icing on the cake" it's the only time I use icing over frosting.

In summary: I mostly agree but vote for frosting.

No preference between the two tags, but just thought I'd mention from looking around google that going by some of the baking definitions it would have been more accurate to use frosting since most of the current images involve the decorative frosting. Seems some define frosting as a thicker type of glaze that is used to make decorations such as the decorations along the edges of cakes. Icing on the other hand being defined as a glaze that has more liquid in it, and is intended to dry and thin out to form a smooth hardened coating. Since icing has more liquid in it, it of course can't hold decorative shapes well.

Anyways just thought I'd leave a note on that.

1