Genius Ways to Frost a Cake
Wake up your cakes with these clever ways to frost them! Here are two fun and easy ways to frost cakes. Mirror Glaze adds a unique smooth and shiny coating for cake. Check out our Mirror Glaze Secrets for making it. Magic Glaze a is ridiculously easy way to frost cakes in a hurry.
make ahead
Mirror Glaze
3 cups | Prep Time: 15 Minutes | Start to Finish: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
- 1½ cups white vanilla baking chips, chopped
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- ⅔ cup cold water
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅔ cup light corn syrup
- ½ cup (from 14-oz can) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
- 1 to 2 drops gel food color
1 Place baking chips in medium bowl. Set aside. In small bowl, sprinkle gelatin on ⅓ cup of the water to soften.
2 In 2-quart saucepan, cook remaining ⅓ cup water, sugar and corn syrup over medium heat 5 to 6 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Stir in sweetened condensed milk until well blended. Pour hot sugar-gelatin mixture over baking chips; let stand 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. Cool to 30 minutes or until mixture is between 85°F to 90°F. Carefully stir in food color until well blended and desired color.
3 Starting at center of cold cake, slowly pour glaze evenly over cake allowing to run down sides to cover. Refrigerate 30 minutes to set. Transfer to serving platter.
2 Tablespoons: Calories 160; Total Fat 3.5g (Saturated Fat 2.5g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 50mg; Total Carbohydrate 29g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g Exchanges: 2 Other Carbohydrate, ½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2
