Boiled Frosting
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Brown sugar frosting at 236 degrees
Decorative Recipe Tin Brown sugar frosting card
Ingredients
- 1 C b. sugar
- 1/4 C water
- 2 stiff beaten egg whites
Directions
- Cook sugar + water to soft ball stage 236° and add egg whites beating constantly till forms peaks.
Temperature: 236°
Coconut boiled frosting
Decorative Recipe Tin Coconut boiled frosting card
Ingredients
- 3/4 C sugar
- 1/4 t cream tartar
- salt
- 1/4 C hot water
- 2 egg whites - beaten
- 1 C coconut
- vanilla, quantity unspecified
Directions
- mix sugar, cream tartar, salt, water.
- heat & boil till soft ball in cold water.
- grad. add syrup to beat whites & vanilla
- beat until stiff. frost & sprinkle coconut on top.
Timing: boil till soft ball in cold water; beat until stiff
Temperature: hot water; heat and boil; soft ball in cold water
Equipment: measuring tools, syrup saucepan, stirring utensil, cold-water test cup, mixing bowl, egg beater or mixer, frosting utensil, and sprinkling tool
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Sugar
- Decorative Recipe Tin Brown sugar frosting card
- 1 cup brown sugar
- Decorative Recipe Tin Coconut boiled frosting card
- 3/4 cup sugar
Stabilizers, flavoring, and topping
- Decorative Recipe Tin Brown sugar frosting card
- No cream of tartar, salt, vanilla, or coconut listed
- Decorative Recipe Tin Coconut boiled frosting card
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar, salt, unmeasured vanilla, and 1 cup coconut
Soft-ball endpoint
- Decorative Recipe Tin Brown sugar frosting card
- soft ball stage, 236 degrees
- Decorative Recipe Tin Coconut boiled frosting card
- soft ball in cold water, no numeric temperature
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