Preparation of glaze is the easiest way to decorate cake. The simple covering from sugar perfectly decorates pastries and adds a sweet taste, and it is preparing very quickly. For glaze preparation even the measured spoon in certain cases isn't necessary.
To make icing for cakes, first of all, it is necessary to fill necessary amount of icing sugar in a bowl. Then it is necessary to add a little milk gradually, mixing it with powder before creation of homogeneous mass. As soon as mix takes a form of dense sauce, you can add to it vanillin or almond extract, and glaze is ready.
The more you add some milk, the glaze coat on cakes will be thinner. A small amount of milk, on the contrary, will help to create a firm, glossy cover. You can also use any other culinary liquid - orange or apple juice, lemon syrup, etc. – it will impact to glaze original relish and will add a peculiar aroma. Very important for preparation of house glaze to use icing sugar. Granulated sugar will remain crystallized and won't melt.
How to calculate the necessary amount of ingredients
On a glass of glaze for cakes it is required to you: - 1 glass of icing sugar; - 2-6 tablespoons of milk or other liquid; - 1/2 teaspoons of vanillin or almond extract. Glaze can be stored in the fridge in a tight container within a week. Before use get it from the fridge in advance and let's heat up to room temperature. Except sugar, you can prepare also other types of glaze.
Honey glaze
Ingredients for honey glaze: - 3/4 glasses of honey; - 1 tablespoon of lemon juice; - 1/4 glasses of water; - 1/4 teaspoons of a lemon dried peel. Heat honey on small fire and add to it lemon juice, a lemon dried peel and water and bring to the boil. Continue to boil until mix reaches dense consistence then remove from fire and cover with it cakes.
Chocolate cover
Ingredients: - 1 glass of granulated sugar; - 6 tablespoons of a desi or margarine; - 1/2 glasses of cocoa powder; - 1 glass of icing sugar; - 1/3 glasses of milk; - vanillin to taste. In a big bowl by means of the mixer shake up a desi at an average speed. Mix dry ingredients – cocoa powder, icing sugar and vanillin. Gradually pour in milk in mix, constantly mixing. Don't add too much milk at once, or mix will become too liquid. Then gradually add mix to oil, continuing to shake up it. Check how dense weight at you turns out – if too dense, dilute it with milk if excessively liquid – add more icing sugar or cocoa.