Cold Icing No. 1

Ingredients

• Whites of three eggs
• one pound of powdered sugar
• juice of one lemon

Method

1. 1

   When partially beaten stir in the sugar and lemon juice; then beat till white and thick.

2. 2

   Before icing tops of cakes rub them slightly with flour.

3. 3

   Spread on the icing with a knife, dipping constantly in cold water to make the icing smooth.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How we cook in Tennessee .. (1906) by Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society., page 100. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

whites of three eggs, stir- ring all the time. — Miss Mary Bond. Icing. — Whites six eggs, three pounds sugar, almost one cup water ; cook till it ropes ; beat eggs stiff ; pour syrup over slow- ly, beating all the while; after beating nicely put in one-eighth teaspoon cream tartar, flavor and beat till stiff. Excellent for filling too. — Mrs. John Parker. Icing for Cake. — Put two cups of sugar in icing pan; break whites four eggs over it; add juice of one large juicy lemon; put this in pan of boiling water and cook until thick, beating all the time.— Mrs. W. H. Wilson. Cooked Icing. — Whites three eggs, three cups sugar, one cup water; put on sugar and water and let boil till it will spin a thread when dropped from a spoon. Beat whites just a little and pour on the boiling syrup, beating all the while until it is cold. If used as a cake filling add chopped raisins in one layer and nuts in the next. Milk Icing. — Ten tablespoons sweet milk, half cup sugar; boil six minutes and beat till cold. — Mrs. W. H. Wilson. HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. 175 Subscribe for The Ladies Home Journal Through the Silver Thimble Society of the First Baptist Church. Both Phones No. 97. Orders taken any time during the year. Chocolate Icing. — Three cups sugar, oue cup milk, half cup butter, half cake chocolate, whites of three eggs. This will ice two dozen block cakes. — Miss Lizzie Treadwell. Cold Icing. — No. 1. — Whites of three eggs; when partially beaten stir in one pound of powdered sugar and juice of one lemon

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.