Boiled icing

 
                                Boiled Icing
 
 Recipe By     : Net
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Fillings & Frostings             Low-Fat
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      cup           Sugar
    4      tablespoons   Water -- cold
    1      each          Egg white -- beaten
    1      teaspoon      Vanilla
 
 Add the water to the sugar and boil until the syrup spins a thread. Pour the
hot
 syrup very slowly into the beaten white of egg, whip
 ping constantly. Flavor with vanilla and spread the icing on the cake. For
 chocolate icing, add 2 Tbsp grated chocolate to the warm i
 cing. To tint icing:  Lemon juice will whiten icing. The grated rind of an
 orange will give a yellow color. Strawberry, raspberry or
 cranberry juice will give a pink shade. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book -
 Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.
 
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