Adding sugary coating after cutting fruit into little pieces and removing the top (5)
I believe the answer is:
icing
'the top' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Top of cake ' mean 'icing' so perhaps 'top' could also mean 'icing')
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for icing that I've seen before include "Frosty coating" , "Sweet cake topping" , "The sweetest part of the cake" , "Cake frosting" , "You could see this on a cake" .)