Name: Seven-Minute Frosting
Yield: Yield: About 2 Cups.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons hot water; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup confectioners’ sugar; 1 egg white; ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar; Salt to taste, if desired

Preparation info

Yield: About
2 Cups

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

1 cup confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons hot water
1

Method

Put the sugar and water into a saucepan and cover. Bring to the boil and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
Put the egg white into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the salt and cream of tartar and start beating on high speed while gradually adding the syrup. Beat 4 or 5 minutes, or until the frosting is spreadable. Beat in the vanilla.

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