Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 t-spoon vinegar
• 3 tbls. water
• 1 egg white

Method

1. 1

   Boil until sugar threads.

2. 2

   Pour slowly over white of one egg beaten stiff.

3. 3

   Flavor with 0.25 teaspoonful of almond extract.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ICINGS 109 Cream butter and sugar thoroughly together. Add well beaten egg yolks, then flour sifted twice with cream of tartar and soda, alternately with milk. Then fold in well beaten whites. Have ready three oblong shallow tins (greased) of equal size. Divide cake batter in three equal parts, cook two as plain cake. Add in- gredients of second column to third part of batter, (Dredge fruit with little flour before mixing) . Bake. Put fruit layer between two plain ones, with either jelly or white icing as filling. Press lightly together, trim edges evenly and cover with white icing. Mrs. Allen D. Candler, — Wife of former Governor of Georgia. WHITE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FILLING. 6 egg whites. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter (scant). 3 cups flour. 1 cup milk. 2 t-spoons Royal baking pow- 1 t-s-poon vanilla. der. Cream butter and half sugar together thoroughly. Add balance of sugar to stiffly beaten egg whites. Beat well. Add flour sifted three times with baking powder alternately with milk. Fold in whites last. Bake in moderate oven. CARAMEL FILLING. 3 cups sugar. 1 cup butter. 3 t-spoons flour (scant). Cream butter, sugar and flour together well. Add just enough milk to moisten thoroughly. Cook until creamy, then beat until firm enough to spread. Mrs. Oscar McKenzie, Montezuma, Ga. MARBLE CAKE. % cup butter. % t-spoon vanilla. 1% cups sugar. 6 egg whites. 3 cups sifted flour. 1/2 t-spoon cinnamon. % cup milk. 1/^ t-spoon cloves and allspice. 3 level t-spoons baking powder. Measure flour, add baking powder and sift three times. Cream butter and sugar together until light; to this add flour and milk gradually with egg whites beaten stiff. For the marble — take one cup of batter, beat in one egg yolk, and spices. Mix in dark batter with white in filling pan. Bake as a loaf cake. ICING. 1 cup sugar. 1 t-spoon vinegar. 3 tbls. water. 1 egg white

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