Boiled Fluffy White Icing

Contributed By: Judy14
Mother's collection

Delicious frosting for special occasion cakes.

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Total Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Actual Cooking Time: Less than 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 8
Origin: American
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Kids can help make it
Meal Type: Dessert

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Ingredients

1 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Water
Pinch of salt and cream of tartar
2 Egg whites
Vanilla

Preparation

Place water and sugar in small saucepan. Cover and bring to boil without stirring. Once boiling remove lid and keep boiling until a candy thermometer reads 236?F. Meanwhile in a glass mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy and add the pinch of salt and cream of tartar while continuing to beat until soft peaks form. Once sugar solution reaches 236?F slowly drizzle into egg whites while continuing to beat. Add vanilla and beat until stiff peaks form. Ice cake with slightly warm frosting.

Cook's Notes

Does not work well on very humid days

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Recipe Comments

Commented by: mostlyhats

When I made it as a kid we didn't have a candy thermometer. Without the thermometer, cook to soft ball stage, when the sugar mixture forms a soft ball in a cup of water. You can do it caramel style using brown sugar, but it's a one day thing. It starts going back to grainy fairly quickly. White boiled frosting is the best for a coconut cake. With the caramel color, called sea foam sometimes, you would have to toast the coconut, but it's something different.