Craig Claiborne

Orange Frosting

Preparation info
  • About

    1½ cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

  • About

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons white corn syrup
  • ⅛ teaspoon

Method

  1. Place the sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar and water in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring, to dissolve the sugar. With a brush and water wash down the crystals from the sides of the pan. Cook the syrup to 238°F. on a candy thermometer.

  2. Gradually pour the syrup into the egg white, beating. Continue to beat for about ten minutes, until the mixture thicken