What types of recipes use confectioners' sugar glaze?

Confectioners' sugar glaze is most often used in dessert recipes, especially coffeecakes, pound cakes, pastries, sweet rolls and cookies. This sweet icing may be a simple paste of powdered sugar and water for cookies, or may be a richer blend for cakes and pastries with butter, milk and confectioners' sugar.

Some cookie, cake and pastry recipes use a confectioners' sugar glaze that is enhanced with additional flavors, such as vanilla extract, lemon juice or orange juice. The glaze can also be tinted with food coloring for a decorative touch. Cookies may be dipped in the glaze, it can be drizzled onto pastries using a spoon, or the mixture can be piped onto cakes using a pastry bag.