Boiled Frosting

Ingredients

• 1 cupful sugar
• J cupful water
• 1 teaspoonful vinegar
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoonful flavoring

Method

1. 1

   Mix the sugar, water, and vinegar in a saucepan.

2. 2

   Cook gently until the syrup (when dropped from a spoon) 'spins a thread' 3 inches long.

3. 3

   Remove from the fire, and gradually pour the syrup over the egg white which has been beaten stiff.

4. 4

   Continue to beat the mixture; when it begins to stiffen, add the flavoring, and spread over cooled cake.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A text-book of cooking (1915) by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Frosting. When the frosting is ready to spread on the cake, add about £ of the chopped cocoanut. Spread the mixture on the cake layers and sprinkle the remainder of the cocoanut over the frosting on the top layer of the cake. A fresh cocoanut cake will keep moist for a week. WATER FROSTING 1 cupful confectioner's sugar 1 tablespoonful hot water, milk or cream 1 tablespoonful lemon juice Stir the hot water into the sugar and add the lemon juice. If too stiff, add a, little more boiling water. £ ounce of melted chocolate and -J teaspoonful of vanilla may be used instead of the lemon. 1 tablespoonful of cocoa may be mixed with 2 tablespoonfuls of water, cooked for a few minutes, and used in place of the moisture and flavoring. CAKE CONTAINING FAT 247 EGG FROSTING 1 egg white 1 cupful confectioner's sugar 1 tablespoonful lemon juice Put the unbeaten egg white into a bowl ; add the lemon juice, then the sugar. Mix thoroughly. Spread on warm cake. The lemon juice may be omitted, and chocolate (or cocoa) and vanilla added, as in Water Frosting. GOLD FROSTING 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoonful lemon juice or vanilla Confectioner's sugar Add the flavoring to the unbeaten yolks. Add enough confectioner's sugar to the mixture to make it thick enough to spread. Use on White Cake when it is warm. BOILED FROSTING 1 cupful sugar J cupful water 1 teaspoonful vinegar 1 egg white 1 teaspoonful flavoring

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