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Glace Icing Recipe

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Quick and easy

130 Reviews

Prep Time
5m
10 Fairy Cakes
10 Fairy Cakes
easy
Easy

About our glace icing recipe:

This easy glace icing recipe creates smooth, glossy glace icing that's rich and spreadable, making it the very best topping for biscuits, cookies, sponge cakes and finger buns.

This quick and easy icing for biscuits and cookies also sets with a subtle, smooth sheen, making it an ideal edible ‘glue’ for decorating your baking creations.

We love using Silver Spoon Icing Sugar for a glossy, lump-free glace icing recipe that works every time. Using just water and icing sugar, this simple cupcake icing recipe is perfect for drizzling on cupcakes or dolloping on sprinkle sponge cake.

Why Use Our Recipe for Glace Icing?

⭐Ready in minutes

⭐Can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge

⭐Only uses two ingredients

3 ingredients2 steps
  • Vegetarian

Fluffy sponge deserves delicious decoration

Bake with Silver Spoon
Silver Spoon Icing Sugar

Ingredients

    • 125gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar 
    • 15mlWarm water 
  • For coloured Glace Icing

    • Food Colouring Gel (Optional) 

Utensils

  • Bowl

Nutritional information per 13g serving

  • Energy 49cal
  • Fat 0g
  • of which Saturates 0g
  • Carbohydrates 12g
  • of which Sugars 12g
  • Protein 0g
  • Salt 0g

Method

  1. Step 1

    Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add a tiny amount of the warm water, then stir. Keep adding drops of the water gradually and stirring in between until the icing becomes thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

    Glace Icing

    Ingredients for this step

    • 125gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
    • 15mlWarm water
  2. Step 2

    If necessary, add more water (a drop at a time) to make the icing runnier. If the icing becomes too watery, add an additional spoonful of icing sugar to thicken the mixture. If you want to colour your icing, use a tooth pick and food colouring gel. Mix in the gel in small amounts until you get your desired colours. 

    Four bowls of icing being coloured with food dye

    Ingredients for this step

    • Food Colouring Gel (Optional)

Top Tips

If your glace icing is too thick, add liquid (water, juice, or milk) a little at a time to thin it out. If it's too thin, add more icing sugar to thicken it. Remember to stir gently and test the consistency before adding more.

If you're looking to "flood ice" a biscuit to bring it to life, watch our video demonstration by Juliet Sear.

If you've ran out of icing sugar for your glace icing, see our icing sugar alternatives.

Substitutions and Variations

Substitutions 

Variations 

Buttercream icing

Fondant Icing

Royal icing

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