A boiled icing recipe is a recipe that uses sugar and water that has been boiled together to create a sweet, sticky icing. This icing is often used to decorate cakes or to make candy.
Add the water to the sugar and boil until the syrup spins a thread.
Pourthe hot syrup very slowly into the beaten white of egg, whippingconstantly.
Flavor with vanilla and spread the icing on the cake.
Forchocolate icing, add 2 Tbsp grated chocolate to the warm icing.
To tinticing: Lemon juice will whiten icing.
The grated rind of an orange willgive a yellow color.
Strawberry, raspberry or cranberry juice will give apink shade.
Ingredients
Directions
Add the water to the sugar and boil until the syrup spins a thread.
Pourthe hot syrup very slowly into the beaten white of egg, whippingconstantly.
Flavor with vanilla and spread the icing on the cake.
Forchocolate icing, add 2 Tbsp grated chocolate to the warm icing.
To tinticing: Lemon juice will whiten icing.
The grated rind of an orange willgive a yellow color.
Strawberry, raspberry or cranberry juice will give apink shade.
