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frosting

[fraw-sting, fros-ting] / ˈfrɔ stɪŋ, ˈfrɒs tɪŋ /
NOUN
icing
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The cake had a butterscotch frosting, which was brown and thus “weird.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Everything else is just frosting on the cake.

From MarketWatch Jan. 30, 2026

“Big wasn’t a crush, he was a crash,” Carrie says to Miranda as she peels down the wrapper on a cupcake topped with bright pink buttercream frosting.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

Susan Prunty’s bakery in Medford, Ore., sold about 25 Christmas cookie decorating kits through the middle of last December, complete with a dozen freshly baked sugar cookies, buttercream frosting, and sprinkles.

From Barron's Dec. 24, 2025

Jack asked, his stomach going queasy, and not from the frosting.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

A standard Crumbl cookie is approximately 4.25 inches in diameter and well-adorned with frostings and fun toppings.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2025

I was in a certified funk the day I was supposed to sample the new line of Dolly Parton-themed cake mixes and frostings from Duncan Hines.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2022

She offers 50 cakes — sheet cakes, stacked cakes, rolled cakes, even ice cream cakes — and many fillings, soaks and frostings to make them your own.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2021

Baking often necessitates frostings, caramels, and creams, which can be finicky if they’re not kept at a steady temperature.

From Slate May 5, 2020

He had scored a superb 99 on the fill-in-the blank worksheet on cakes and frostings, not to mention a 96 on his poultry worksheet.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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