Recently a discussion was had by my husband and myself on is it called icing or frosting. Typically the term is often used to identify the same ingredients causing quite a bit of confusion among those of us who are trained chefs. This discussion led to research on what, if any, is the difference. Here are some of my conclusions.
Frosting
Frosting is a fluffy, thick concoction that will hold its shape. You can pipe decorations with it like you see on cakes.
I am in the mood for Chocolate. Every woman’s favorite “medicine” for what ails ya!
Ingredients
* 3/4 cup butter
* 6 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces (1 cup)
* 1 recipe Praline Sauce (see below)
* 3 eggs
* 3 egg yolks
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
* 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
* 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1/3 cup pecan halves, toasted
Directions
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Tags: cake, Chocolate, lava cakes, pecans, praline sauce 
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INGREDIENTS:
* 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
* 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
* 2 eggs
* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting
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2 cupfuls flour
1/8 teaspoonful cloves
1 1/2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon
1 teaspoonful nutmeg
1 teaspoonful baking soda
1/4 teaspoonful salt
1 cupful sugar
1 cupful apple sauce (unsweetened)
1/3 cupful fat
1 cupful raisins, cut in halves
Mix the sugar and apple sauce; add the fat. Mix the dry ingredients. Through a sifter, add them to the apple sauce mixture. Flour the raisins and stir them into the batter. Turn into a greased loaf-cake pan or into two layer-cake pans. Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees F.). If the cake is baked in layers, put Raisin Filling between them, but omit the raisins in the cake batter.
Birthday Cakes can be traced back to the ancient Greeks who made round or moon shaped honey cakes or bread and took it to the temple of Artemis -the Goddess of Moon.
Still others believe that the tradition of Birthday cake started in Germany in Middle Ages. Sweetened bread dough was given the shape of baby Jesus in swaddling cloth and was used to commemorate his birthday. This special birthday cake later reemerged in Germany as a Kinderfest or the birthday celebrations of a young child. Germans also baked another special kind of a cake called Geburtstagorten as it was baked in layers. This was sweeter that the coarse and bread like cake that were usually made at that time.
