different between buttercream vs frosting

buttercream

English

Etymology

butter +? cream

Noun

buttercream (countable and uncountable, plural buttercreams)

  1. (cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.

Translations

See also

  • buttercream on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

buttercream From the web:

  • what buttercream is best for piping
  • what buttercream is best for cakes
  • what buttercream goes with chocolate cake
  • what buttercream is best for macarons
  • what buttercream goes with lemon cake
  • what buttercream is best for piping flowers
  • what buttercream is best for fondant
  • what buttercream goes with red velvet


frosting

English

Etymology

frost +? -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f??st.??/

Noun

frosting (countable and uncountable, plural frostings)

  1. A sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods.
    • 1914, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Grows Up, pages 38–39:
      [] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.”
  2. A layer of frost.
  3. The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.

Usage notes

  • The plural form is used for multiple varieties of frosting; a single type of frosting is itself uncountable.

Synonyms

  • icing

Translations

Verb

frosting

  1. present participle of frost

References

frosting From the web:

  • what frosting goes best with chocolate cake
  • what frosting goes on red velvet cake
  • what frosting goes with lemon cake
  • what frosting goes on german chocolate cake
  • what frosting goes on sugar cookies
  • what frosting goes with strawberry cake
  • what frosting goes with vanilla cake
  • what frosting goes with carrot cake
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