Liturgical Year : Recipes : Seven Minute Frosting

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Catholic Recipe: Seven Minute Frosting

INGREDIENTS

2 egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 Tablespoons cold water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1 1/4 vanilla extract

Details

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: • • • •
Cost: $$$$
For Ages: 11+
Origin:

Food Categories

Icings, Frostings, Dessert Sauces, Fillings

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Feasts

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Also Called: Seven Minute Icing

This is a fluffy white icing that never fails.

DIRECTIONS

Place in the top of a double boiler and beat until thoroughly blended egg whites, sugar, cold water, cream of tartar, and light corn syrup. Put these ingredients over rapidly boiling water. Beat constantly with a rotary beater or with a wire whisk for 7 minutes. Remove the icing from the fire. Add vanilla and continue beating until the frosting is of the right consistency to spread.

Recipe Source: My Nameday — Come for Dessert by Helen McLoughlin, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1962

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