ICING a second Way

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (3)

the white of an egg ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
four ounces of double refined sugar
as much gum as will lie on a sixpence, beat and sifted fine ↝ Chewing gum [Sweets]

Instructions (4)

Beat the white of an egg to a strong froth.
Put in by degrees four ounces of double refined sugar, with as much gum as will lie on a sixpence, beat and sifted fine.
Beat it half an hour.
Lay it over your tarts the thickness of a straw.

Original Text

ICING a second Way.
BEAT the white of an egg to a strong froth,
put in by degrees four ounces of double refined
sugar, with as much gum as will lie on a six-
pence, beat and sifted fine, beat it half an
hour, then lay it over your tarts the thickness
of a straw.

Notes

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