Seven-Minute Frosting

Submitted by Marg (CaymanDesigns)

"This is the icing I use on my Recipe #96600."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 4 cups

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1⁄4 cup cold water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

directions

1. Combine the sugar, cream of tartar, salt, egg whites, and water in a large mixing bowl or double boiler of at least a 2-quart capacity.
2. Set over simmering, not boiling, water over moderate heat.
3. Beat with a hand electric mixer at high speed for about 5 to 7 minutes, until the frosting stands in definite peaks when the beater is lifted.
4. Remove from the water and continue beating for several minutes, until the frosting has cooled and no longer feels hot to your finger, and stands in soft, smooth, billowy peaks.
5. Beat in the vanilla.
6. You will have enough to generously fill and frost an 8 or 9 inch two-layer cake or a 9 or 10 inch tube cake.

Reviews

[ColCadsMom]

Perfect recipe for perfect frosting! I used 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 teaspoon coconut extract since I was making coconut cake (used recipe#69630). I also added 1 Tablespoon of light corn syrup to the mixture, just because my Mom always did. But she boiled her ingredients using a candy thermometer, and then beat the ingredients after. This recipe yeilds the PERFECT fluffy creamy marshmallow-y frosting, that sets up to the EXACT consistency. Thank you posting such a WONDERFUL frosting recipe!

 

[Busters friend]

Fast and Fabulous! Punched mine with a big dollop (about 2 -3 T) of Calvados instead of the vanilla as the frosting is for a grated apple layer cake. Wow! Big glossy waves & swirls of white cover my cake. It is setting well in the glassed in cupboard - safe from roving canines (a new must do as the 8yo rescue Bouvier decided to sample a huge piece of a Bacardi Rum cake on the coffee table 2 days ago - yes, it is the week of cake here LOL). Can't wait to cut the cut tomorrow! Thanks for a (nother) keeper recipe that was just enough to fill & cover lavishly a 2 layer 8 inch cake.

 

[LonghornMama]

Used this on recipe #96600 and it was absolutely perfect. Easy to make, turned out beautifully. Also held up for several days in the fridge. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[out door cook]

this is what i have been looking for a real old fashioned RECIPE like my great grandmother made. dont remember much other than she didn't go to the store for any ingredients no such thing lol. looking forward to getting in the kitchen when my wife leaves (to go shopping)

 

[fluffymoonhair]

I used this to frost a "pastel de tres leches" (three milk cake) while visiting a friend in mexico. It worked wonderfully!