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Fluffy Frosting on Angel Food Cake

Cake With Fluffy Frosting

D. Rattray
Sometimes called White Mountain frosting, this is an easy and somewhat less sweet frosting than buttercreams and others. The sugar syrup is slowly beaten into egg whites to make a light and fluffy frosting with no fat.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation:

Place water, corn syrup, and sugar in a saucepan. Stir, cooking, until sugar is dissolved. Boil to about 232 to 236, or until syrup spins a thread when a little is dripped from a spoon.

Place egg whites and cream of tartar in clean, grease-free bowl. Beat with hand-held mixer or wire whisk attachment of stand mixer until egg whites begin to hold their shape. Continuing beating, gradually adding hot syrup in a thin, steady stream, about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Add vanilla and continue beating for about 5 minutes or until frosting loses gloss and stands in stiff peaks. Frost cake immediately. This makes enough to frost a large angel food or 2-layer cake.

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Must Have Done Something WrongJanuary 09, 2009By Chimeralesque
"Wow. Something went terribly wrong during the making of this icing. This is the first time I tried making an icing by boiling the sugar. My icing turned out syrupy. And the recipe doesn't tell you when to put in the cream of tartar. Oops. Better luck with another recipe."
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