Wedding Cake Ornaments

Ingredients

• one pound of sugar
• the whites of four eggs
• one half teaspoonful of acetic acid
• another one-half teaspoonful of acid
• some flavoring

Method

1. 1

   Beat the egg whites till almost stiff, then add half the sugar and one half teaspoonful of acetic acid.

2. 2

   Beat thoroughly, then add the rest of the sugar and another half teaspoonful of acid with flavoring.

3. 3

   Beat until smooth.

4. 4

   Rub the cake with flour to remove crumbs, coat with icing, and set in the sun to dry.

5. 5

   Fill tubes with icing and create dots around the top edges.

6. 6

   Allow to dry, then connect dots with a smaller tube.

7. 7

   Repeat for additional rows and decorate as desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 352. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WEDDING CAKE ORNAMENTS. Take one pound of sugar and the whites of four eggs ; beat the eggs till almost stiff, and add half the sugar with one half teaspoonful of acetic acid ; when beaten thoroughly add the rest of the sugar and another one-half teaspoonful of acid with some flavoring

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.