"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"Roy Basan" wrote in message
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NT wrote:

Most icings are sickeningly sweet. Heres one thats not:
coconut oil block
water
cardamom

heat the block in just a little water, say water is 10-20% of the
block quantity. Heat very slowly and very gently, the coconut will
gradually melt into the water. Add a pinch of cardamom powder, mix
it
up, adjust water content to determine how stiff the set icing is.
This
is a true quality icing, not like the usual slab of sugar
offering.

Frankly, it sounds disgusting. Also, I have never seen "coconut oil
block"
available in any store including baking supply stores.

REally it is....
Even if you use cocoa butter as coating it will still taste weird...

It sounds as delicious as a thick coating of Vaseline.

lol! Its a lovely moist coating. Readers will note youve not actually
tried it.


Moist isn't equivalent to delicious. However, I recall reading an obscure
book on the history of wedding cakes which said that cakes were originally
coated with lard as a preservative. Later, sugar was added to the lard and
"frosting" was changed from a preservative to a more palatable finish for a
cake. Of course the cake was probably chock full of rancid nuts and insects
and imbibed with alcohol.