frosting

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Dubbed dot cakes, they start with boxed cake mix to make the base and double down on that nostalgic flavor with store-bought frosting and sprinkles.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

One of the more polite children at our doomed gathering explained that she only liked the pink and blue frosting on supermarket cakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Everything else is just frosting on the cake.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

She punctuates the quip by taking a big bite, leaving a glob of frosting on her face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

He stood and scanned the island—bleach-white dunes, blankets of grass, and boulders encrusted with salt like frosting.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan