help with cake?

Question

My husband used to eat a pistachio cake with poppy seeds. I am making him one for valentines day but I don't know what kind of icing to put on it. I'm baking it in a bunt cake pan. Help, please

Answer 1

I would sprinkle powdered sugar over it or make a simple glaze.

Here's a basic glaze recipe:

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 10 minutes

1. Melt 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) of butter in a saucepan or microwave.
2. Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into a medium size bowl.
3. Add the melted butter to the powdered sugar.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of milk.
5. If desired, add 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla for flavor.
6. Beat until smooth and creamy, adding a little more milk if necessary.
7. Drizzle over a cooled cake.

Tips:

1. For a richer and creamier glaze, use heavy cream in place of the milk.
2. Substitute citrus juice for the milk and add a little grated zest for a citrus glaze.

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Or if you have a can of vanilla frosting on hand you could melt it and pour it over the cake. Usually when I make a bundt I don't frost it like a regular cake though. I just make a glaze which isn't hard at all.

Answer 2

Cream Cheese Icing, a Lemon Glaze or icing, or just melted white chocolate would all be good.

Answer 3

You could do cream cheese or make something with saffron--saffron goes well with pistachios --you could add some of it to the cream cheese icing--it would give it an ethnic flavor (Indian)--if he's into that--otherwise I'd stick with the cream cheese icing...

Answer 4

Try a lemon flavored icing it goes well with poppyseeds! Take a regular white icing and add some lemon extract and mix it together.

Answer 5

Use creamcheese fronsting. Like the kind you would use for a carrot cake. Or you could just sprinkle powdered sugar.

Answer 6

I would do a simple cream cheese-powdered sugar glaze, especially if you're doing a bundt cake.

Answer 7

Use pink and white icing. You could also get little heart sprinkles or gimmies. (Those long thin sugary ones that EVERYNE uses but don't know the name of . . . )

Answer 8

I think a cream cheese icing will be very tasty.

Answer 9

no icing just like that and cut small slices and lay it out on a heart shape plate.

Answer 10

drizzle cream cheese icing over it