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Plain Frosting

From The Pattern cook-book, 1890

Serves 1

This quantity will make a very deep frosting for one cake only, and will really be sufficient for two ordinary-sized cakes.

Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 239. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN FROSTING. One egg (white). Eight table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar. One-half tea-spoonful of vanilla

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