Vanilla or Coffee Frosting

Name: Vanilla or Coffee Frosting
Yield: Covers and fills a 23 cm/9 in cake
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz caster sugar; 1 egg white; ½ tsp vanilla essence (optional) OR 1 tbsp coffee essence; pinch salt; pinch cream tartar; 3 tbsp water

Preparation info

Covers and fills a
23 cm

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

1 egg white
225 g/8 oz caster sugar

Garnish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Lightly whisk all ingredients in a bain marie. Whisk continuously for about 7 minutes until mixture stands up by itself.

Pour frosting over the cake and spread with a palette knife.