White Icing

Name: White Icing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups (enough to glaze an 8-inch cake)
Ingredients: 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons), plus more if needed

59 Ratings
1 Review

Versatility is the name of the game with this icing. Substituting liqueur, milk, or another citrus juice for the lemon juice lets you customize the icing for a variety of cakes. It's especially delicious drizzled atop loaf cakes.

Martha Stewart Living, September 2010

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Recipe Summary

prep:

5 mins

total:

5 mins

Yield:

Makes 1 1/2 cups (enough to glaze an 8-inch cake)

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons), plus more if needed

Directions

Step 1
Whisk together sugar and lemon juice until smooth. If icing is too thick, add more lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time. Use immediately.

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59 Ratings

5 star values: 5
4 star values: 6
3 star values: 30
2 star values: 11
1 star values: 7

Martha Stewart Member

12/24/2018

It works five minutes delicious I tried giving five stars would not let me

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