Filling for Cake

Ingredients

• Boil 1^ cups granulated sugar
• 6 tablespoons of water
• white of 1 egg

Method

1. 1

   Boil until it threads.

2. 2

   Have white of 1 egg beaten to a froth and pour the syrup slowly into it, beating all the time with a wire whisk.

3. 3

   Flavor with extract of almond.

4. 4

   Spread between layers of cake while warm and sprinkle each layer thickly with dessicated cocoanut.

5. 5

   Ice the top and sprinkle cocoanut over the whole cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 145. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Filling for Cake. Boil 1^ cups granulated sugar with 6 tablespoons of water 16 242 KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. until it threads. Have white of 1 egg

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