The Grocer’s Encyclopedia

Artemas Ward’s Encyclopedia of Foods and Beverages — New York, 1911

ICING

for the ornamentation and "filling" of cakes, consists of very fine sugar worked into a soft paste with egg-white or corn syrup, and variously colored and flavored--as chocolate, lemon, maple, orange, pistachio, strawberry or vanilla. It is generally retailed in glasses or jars.

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The Epicurean · 93

No. 10 Dish Borders of Noodle Paste, Cooked Paste, Metal, English Paste or Gum Paste, Dish Bottoms, Foundations, Supports, Triangle for Dressing Tongues, Hatelets for Hot Removes and Entrees, Fancy Frills, and Favor Frills Bordures de Plat en Nouilles Pate Cuite, et en Metal, Pate Anglaise et Pastillage, Fonds de Plats et Supports, Crouton Triangle pour Dresser les Langues, Hatelets pour Releves et Entrees Chauds, Bouffettes et Manchettes
No. 100 Cooked Cocoa Icing Glace Cuite au Cacao
No. 101 Royal Icing, and Royal Icing Flavored with Zests Glace Royale et Glace Royale Parfumee aux Zestes.
No. 102 Icing with Syrup for Cakes Flavored with Vanilla, Orange, Lemon or Fruit Juices Glace au Sirop pour Gateaux Parfumee soit a la Vanille, a l'Orange, au Citron ou au Jus de Fruits
No. 127 Almond Paste with Gum Tragacanth Pate d'Amandes a la Gomme Adragante
No. 167 Sieve-Cloth of Different Size Meshes Toile a Tamis de Differentes Grosseurs
No. 172 Sugars of Different Colors, and Icing Sugar Sucres de Differentes Couleurs et Sucre a glace Impalpable
No. 2 Conde Almond or Filbert Preparation Appareil a Conde aux Amandes ou Aux Avelines
No. 2427 Ballotines of Squabs a la Madison Ballotines de Pigeonneaux a la Madison
No. 3002 Baba with Marsala Baba au Marsala
No. 3029 Cupola a la Madison Coupole a la Madison
No. 3044 Mundane Fritters Beignets Mondains
No. 3045 Orange Fritters a la Talleyrand Beignets d'Oranges a la Talleyrand
No. 3055 Munich with Peaches Munich aux Peches
No. 3145 Charlotte Russe Charlotte Russe
No. 3174 Meringue Flawn Flan Meringue
No. 3217 Sauces for Cold Entremets Sauces Pour Entremets Froids
No. 3221 Massillon Timbales Timbales a la Massillon
No. 3222 Timbale of Waffles Timbale de Gaufres
No. 3226 Angel Cake Gateau des Anges
No. 3227 Baba Syruped or Iced Baba au Sirop ou Glace
No. 3229 Almond Biscuit Biscuit aux Amandes
No. 3230 Mousseline Biscuit Biscuit Mousseline
No. 3231 Savoy Biscuit Biscuit de Savoie
No. 3232 Breton Cake Gateau Breton
No. 3235 Chamounix Cake Gateau Chamounix
No. 3238 Fruit Cake Gateau aux Fruits
No. 3239 Genoese Cake Gateau Genoise
No. 3241 Hazel-Nut Cake Gateau aux Noisettes
No. 3242 Jamaica Cake Gateau a la Jamaique
No. 3244 Lady Cake Gateau des Dames
No. 3245 Mandarin Cake Gateau Mandarin
No. 3246 Marly Cake Gateau Marly
No. 3247 Milfoil Cake, Pompadour Gateau Mille-Feuilles, Pompadour
No. 3248 Milfoil with Preserves Gateau Mille-Feuilles aux Confitures
No. 3250 Neapolitan Cake Gateau Napolitain
No. 3252 Pineapple Cake Gateau Ananas
No. 3254 Pound Cake Pound Cake
No. 3255 Punch Cake, Punch Biscuit, Imitation of Boar's Head, a Book or a Ham Gateau Punch, Punch Biscuit, Imitation de Hure de Sanglier, d'un Liver ou d'un Jambon
No. 3256 Queen Cake Gateau Reine
No. 3258 Sand Cake Gateau Sable
No. 3259 Savarin a la Valence Savarin a la Valence
No. 3260 Sponge Cake Biscuit Leger

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