7 minute frosting

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104 Pinches
Rusk, TX
Updated on Jul 14, 2011

This is great used as a frosting or even a filling for a layered cake and topped with a homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 5 tablespoons water
  • 3 - egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make 7 minute frosting

  • Step 1
    In top of a double boiler, over rapidly boiling water, combine sugar, cream of tartar, & water. Cook 2 minutes. Stir. Cook 5 minutes more or until syrup spins a thread. With a mixer, beat egg whites until thick. Add vanilla. While still beating, slowly pour hot syrup into beaten egg whites. Beat until thick. If mixture gets too thick, reheat for 1 minute

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