Boiled Icing

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904
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The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (6)
  1. Boil together caster sugar in boiling water till it will “thread” strongly.
  2. Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth.
  3. Add in a quarter of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
  4. Beat in the sugar syrup.
  5. Beat it all till cold and thick.
  6. Flavour to taste, and use.
Original Text · last edited 4 days ago
Boiled Icing. —Boil together ⅘lb. caster sugar in a gill of boiling water till it will “thread” strongly, then beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth, when you add in a quarter of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and, lastly, beat in the sugar syrup. Beat it all till cold and thick, flavour to taste, and use.
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