Glace Icing
From Cookery for every household, 1914
Serves 10
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This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 944. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
| lb. icing sugar. Flavouring and colour - About 3 table-sps. ing to taste, water or other liquid. This is a simple soft icing, and one that is very quickly made. Sieve the sugar and put it into an enamelled saucepan or sugar boiler. Add the liquid very gradually, and stir over the fire with a wooden spoon until warm. The icing must not be made too hot, or it will become lumpy and have a dull appearance. Whilst adding the liquid it must be borne in mind that, as the sugar melts, the icing will become softer. The icing should be kept thick enough to flow over and coat the back of the spoon, and then it will be of the right consistency for coat- ing the cake. If by any chance this icing should become too soft in the making, it may be stiffened by adding more sieved icing sugar, but it is always better if this has not to be done. The following are a few of the colourings and flavourings in which this icing may be made. 2836. White Sandwich Cake £ lb. flour. | lb. butter. 2 oz. potato flour. I lb. sugar. 4 whites of eggs. 1 gill milk. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. Flavouring. Jam. Cream the butter and sugar in a basin. Sieve the flour and potato flour, and add them gradually along with the milk. Beat well for a few minutes. Then add a few drops of vanilla or other flavouring, and, lastly, the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth and the baking powder. Spread the mixture on a flat tin lined with paper, or on two sandwich cake tins, and bake in a moderate oven until a pretty brown colour and firm to the touch. Turn out on sugared paper when ready, and, when cold, make a sandwich with jam between. Time to bake, about 15 minutes. Probable cost, 10 d. 2837. Yorkshire Parkin 2839. Chocolate Glacd Shred down 1| to 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate and melt it with very little water until perfectly smooth. Then make some Glace Icing
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