Water Icing

Ingredients

• XXXX confectioner's sugar
• enough sifted powdered sugar with cold water
• adding flavor as desired

Method

1. 1

   Mix enough sifted powdered sugar with cold water, adding flavor as desired.

2. 2

   After cakes are iced, set in the oven a few seconds by the open door.

3. 3

   Another method is to use boiling hot water instead of cold water, and do not set in the oven to dry.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Perfection in baking (1895) by Emil Braun, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Water Icing. XXXX confectioner's sugar is the best sugar for icings. Although a trifle higher in price it makes a cheaper frosting because it takes up more water. Plain water icing is made simply by mixing enough sifted powdered sugar with cold water, adding flavor as desired

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