Name: Italian Meringue
Yield: Makes 4 cups, enough to cover and fill three 9-inch round cake layers
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1¾ cups sugar; Pinch of cream of tartar, unless using a copper bowl; 6 egg whites, slightly warmed; ½ cup water or more as needed

Preparation info

Makes
4 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Italian meringue is almost identical to that gooey white frosting we see fluffed on chocolate cakes. When used as a frosting, it’s made slightly differently but traditionally it is made by beating soft ball-stage sugar syrup into egg whites.

Ingredients

1¾ cups sugar
½ cup water or more as needed
6 egg whites

Method

Put 1½ cups of the sugar and the water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.

Beat the egg whites and the cream of tartar (if using) with a stand mixer on medium speed or a handheld mixer on high speed for 1 minute. Switch to high speed and beat with a stand mixer for about 5 minutes or with

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