Boiled Frosting

Title:
Boiled Frosting

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Frostings,
Cakes




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 c  Sugar


   1/2 ts Light corn syrup


   2/3 c  Water;boiling


     2    Egg whites; stiffly beaten


     1 ts Vanilla






 Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Bring quickly to a boil, stirring


 only until sugar is dissolved. Boil rapidly, without stirring, until small


 amount of syrup forms a soft ball in cold water, or spins a long thread


 when dropped from tip of spoon ( 240 deg. F.). Pour syrup in fine stream


 over egg whites, beating constantly. Add vanilla. Continue beating with


 rotary egg beater 10 to 15 minutes, or until frosting is cool and of right


 consistency to spread. Use wooden spoon when too stiff for beater. Makes


 enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two 9-inch layers. Kate Smith


 Collection  1940   Published by General Foods Corp.


 


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