Frosted cake
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morgana
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I think it's "torta gelato".
Is it right ppl?
Is it right ppl?
No, in this case 'frosted' does not mean anything to do with cold, but rather covering the cake with, er, frosting 
-- for American cakes at least that means a fluffy mixture usually of butter, cream, and powdered sugar (hence the "con velo" I guess but we rarely use only powdered sugar). In American we also use the word "icing". An idiomatic expression using that word, "it's just the icing on the cake" describes something that makes a good situation even better.
How about the word "glassa" for frosting?
-- for American cakes at least that means a fluffy mixture usually of butter, cream, and powdered sugar (hence the "con velo" I guess but we rarely use only powdered sugar). In American we also use the word "icing". An idiomatic expression using that word, "it's just the icing on the cake" describes something that makes a good situation even better.How about the word "glassa" for frosting?
deorc said:
Sorry Raimondo for the misunderstanding, just thought about a litteral translation...
But a cake made up with ice-cream is definetely a "Torta Gelato"
About the frosting, I'm not sure I've ever seen a frosted ice-cream cake, they are usually covered with cream ("panna"), and they are delicious!!
... let's stop talking about it, I'm starving!
BTW:
glassa s.f. (cuc.)
1 (di zucchero) icing, frosting
2 (gelatina) glaze.
glassare v.tr. (cuc.)
1 (rivestire di zucchero) to ice, to frost
2 (coprire di gelatina) to glaze.
glassato agg.
1 glacé, iced, glazed, candied
2 (estens.) (detto di indumento di pelle) patent.
glassatura s.f. icing, frosting, glazing.