mom's white mountain icing

Name: Mom's White Mountain Icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar; 1/4 cup(s) corn syrup, light; 1/2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 2 large egg whites; 2 tablespoon(s) water

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Penny Burdge

Lenexa, KS

Updated on Feb 24, 2017

This is my mom's White Mountain Icing which she usually put on a devil's food cake. From the 1950s.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Stove Top

yield Enough frosting for a two layer cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup, light
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large egg whites
2 tablespoons water

How To Make mom's white mountain icing

Step 1

Whisk together the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a small saucepan.

Step 2

Stirring occasionally, bring the mixture to 242 degrees F over medium heat.
Step 3

Meanwhile, beat the egg whites into stiff peaks.
Step 4

Once the hot mixture has reached 242 degrees F, pour it in a very thin, but steady, stream into the egg whites with the mixer running. Beat until the mixture is thick, fluffy and glossy. Beat in the vanilla.
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