frosting
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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
“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
It’s when we enjoy slices of birthday cake to our hearts’ content, savoring every single crumb and licking our plates clean of any frosting.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
The snowy lawn—peppered with the toylike figures of distant people—was as smooth as sugar frosting on a birthday cake; a tiny dog ran, barking, after a ball; real smoke threaded from the dollhouse chimneys.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Back in 2022, Parton launched her own cake mixes and frostings via a multiyear partnership with Duncan Hines’ parent company, Conagra Brands.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
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
The bold frostings on the fried cakes owe their colors to the fruits and purées that flavor them; no artificial dyes or preservatives are used here.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2018
The dough is preternaturally puffy but has almost no give, and the frostings are as subtle as giggles.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014
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
