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- Stop limiting yourself
to boring cake icings.

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Vanilla, chocolate, lemon,

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they're all fine, but
let's have a little fun.

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How about chai latte
icing, grapefruit icing?

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Diet Coke icing?

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Live your wildest cake icing dreams,

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you can turn any beverage into cake icing.

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Recipes for icings, drizzles,

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and syrup soaks are primarily
made from powdered sugar

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and a splash of milk or water.

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Luckily, you don't
actually have to use those.

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In fact, you shouldn't.

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Try something that actually

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compliments the flavors in your dessert.

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Nay, elevates it.

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Crumb cake? Try an apple cider icing.

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Chocolate cake, like the one I have here?

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Try an espresso drizzle,

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or get a little weird with
that Monster Energy drink

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that you have in the
fridge, you never know.

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One thing I do know is that
using any flavorful liquid

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is gonna make your dessert better.

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Add some powdered sugar to a bowl,

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and then whatever liquid
that you're using,

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add a little bit at a time.

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So start with two tablespoons, mix it in,

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check the consistency,
and adjust from there

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until you have the perfect consistency

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to drizzle over your cake.

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I'm Allie, thanks for watching.

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