Boiled Frosting - American Recipe

Boiled Frosting

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Saucepan, Bowl, Dover beater, Tablespoon

Classic American boiled frosting — simple, satisfying home baking.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg—white only
• ½ teaspoon vanilla (or other flavoring extract)
• ⅓ cup boiling water

Method

1. Put — the sugar in a saucepan, and pour the boiling water over it.
2. Place — the saucepan over a slow fire, and stir until the sugar is melted; then stop stirring and allow the mixture to boil slowly until it "threads" when dropped from the tip of a spoon.
3. Beat — the egg-white, and then slowly pour the boiled sugar and water over it, stirring all the time.
4. Add — the flavoring, and beat until stiff enough to spread on the cake.

Tags: egg, sugar · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)