Marshmallow Frosting

I recently stumbled across a really yummy frosting for cakes. It works especially well on cupcakes. If you pipe it on, it stands up beautifully – much like soft serve ice-cream! And the taste… well it tastes just like gooey soft marshmallow fluff!

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 4  large  egg whites
• 1  cup  ordinary white sugar or 1  cup brown sugar
• 1  pinch salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Place all ingredients except the vanilla essence into a bowl which you can place over a pot of simmering water.
2. {You could use a double boiler here instead}.
3. Whisk the egg white mixture constantly over simmering water until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is hot to the touch. {It takes around 5 minutes}.
4. Pour the mixture into a bigger bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. {Add the vanilla while beating}. After 3 minutes, the mixture will be lovely and fluffy.
5. {I used my Kitchen Aid food mixer}.
6. I love using disposable piping bags – {or you could even use a plastic bag} without a nozzle, I simply piped straight out the end of the piping bag directly onto the cupcakes.