The simplest frosting of all, glacé icing, is just powdered sugar and water. We like to drizzle this thin, glossy glaze over homemade scones or coffee cake. There are so many different types of i ...

Sieve the icing sugar and put into a bowl. Add coffee essence and enough boiling water to make it the consistency of a thick cream. To dcorate, remove the cake from the fridge. Pour the glace ...

Level the surface and decorate the top with blanched almonds and halved glace cherries ... You can glaze the cake if you wish. Mix the sieved icing sugar with enough water to make a thin icing ...

Add the pure vanilla essence and mix well. Next, make the glacé or dark chocolate icing. Put the chocolate powder into a saucepan with cold water. Add the butter and vanilla essence and stir over ...

Top with the second sponge to sandwich the cakes together. To make the glacé icing, mix the ingredients together, adding more icing sugar or orange juice until the icing is smooth and thick but ...

Glaze the cake Mix the sifted icing sugar with enough water to give a thin icing and drizzle over the top of the cake.