Another Cream Filling

Ingredients

• one cup powdered sugar
• one-fourth cup hot water
• one egg
• one-half cup chopped raisins
• one-half cup chopped walnuts
• one tablespoonful of grated cocoanut

Method

1. 1

   Simmer sugar and water.

2. 2

   Beat egg white and mix with cooled syrup.

3. 3

   Add raisins, walnuts, and cocoanut.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 183. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ANOTHER CREAM FILLING. One cup powdered sugar, one-fourth cup hot water. Let them simmer. Beat white of an egg and mix with the above ; when cold, add one-half cup chopped raisins, one-half cup chopped walnuts, one tablespoonful of grated cocoanut. No. 3. ICE-CREAM FILLING. Make an icing as follows : Three cups of sugar, one of water ; boil to a thick, clear syrup, or until it begins to be brittle ; pour this, boiling hot, over the well-heaten whites of three eggs ; stir the mixture very briskly, and pour the sugar in slowly ; beat it, when all in, until cool. Flavor with lemon or vanilla extract. This, spread between any white cake layers, answers for “ Ice-Cream Cake.” 18 274 CAICJES — FILLINGS. No. 4. APPLE FILLING. Peel and slice green tart apples, put them on the fire with sugar to suit ; when tender, remove, rub them through a fine sieve and add a small piece of butter. When cold, use to spread between the layers ; cover the cake with plenty of sugar. No. 5. ANOTHER APPLE FILLING. One coffeecup of sugar, one egg

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