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Strawberry Jam Glaze

Photo of matcha strawberry and milk tea flavored gem cakes.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou

This makes enough strawberry glaze for one full recipe of gem cakes; you can halve the recipe if you’d like an assortment of flavors.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1–1½ cups

Ingredients

1⅓ cups (160 g) powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. whole milk
3 Tbsp. strawberry or other flavor jam, preferably seedless (push through a sieve before measuring if jam has large pieces of fruit)
Kosher salt

Preparation

  1. While the cakes cool, whisk powdered sugar, milk, jam, and a few pinches salt in a medium bowl until smooth. The consistency should be viscous but not overly thick; adjust with more powdered sugar or milk as needed.

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