Quick Fondant Icing

Name: Quick Fondant Icing
Yield: Yield: Enough Icing for 2 Fruitcake Loaves.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar; 1 teaspoon egg white; ¼ cup water; ½ cup granulated sugar; 2½ tablespoons light corn syrup; Bourbon, rum, or Cognac; 1 teaspoon butter, at room temperature

Preparation info

Yield: Enough Icing for
2
Fruitcake Loaves.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar
2½ tablespoons light corn syrup
¼ cup

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the granulated sugar, corn syrup, and water in a saucepan and gradually bring to the boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cook over moderate heat until the mixture registers 236 to 238 degrees on a candy thermometer.
Have ready a pastry brush in a cup of cold water. As the syrup cooks, run the brush around the inside of the saucepan, wiping away sugar