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The Best Vanilla Glaze

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This vanilla glaze is easily customizable to fit any pound cake!  This basic glaze is thick, sets up beautifully, and serves as a great base for pound cake toppings like sprinkles, nuts, toasted coconut, and many more!

Ingredients

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  • 120 g confectioner’s sugar
  • 1/8 tsp fine salt
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1.52 tbsp whole milk

Instructions

  1. Add the confectioner’s sugar and salt to a medium sized bowl.
  2. Add vanilla and 1.5 tablespoons of whole milk to the bowl.  Stir with a small spoon or whisk until the mixture is somewhat lumpy but all of the confectioner’s sugar is incorporated.  Don’t add any more milk at this point.  Just keep stirring!
  3. Stir until the mixture is thick but pourable.  Add the remaining 1/2 tbsp of whole milk if the mixture is not smooth after stirring.  The mixture should have the texture of very thick honey.
  4. Using a spouted liquid measuring cup, a spoon, or a squeeze bottle, add the glaze to your cake.  If the glaze sits for a while before you use it, give it a quick stir and it will be ready to use!

Notes

  • Resist the urge to add more than two tablespoons of milk at the outset.  Just keep stirring!
  • This recipe can be doubled.  I often use double this recipe for my cakes because I like a lot of glaze.
  • Author: Shani