Seven-Minute Frosting

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

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

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

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.