Boiled Icing Food

NO COOK BOILED ICING

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients together until stiff enough to frost cake with.
• This recipe makes enough icing for a large angel or chiffon cake.

FLUFFY BOILED ICING

Steps:

• Combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan; stir until well blended. Boil slowly without stirring until mixture will spin a long thread when a little is dropped from a spoon (hold the spoon high above saucepan), or reaches 238 - 242 degrees F (114 - 117 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, beat egg whites with a mixer until they are stiff, but still moist. Pour hot syrup slowly over egg whites while beating. Continue until mixture is very fluffy, and will hold its shape. Add vanilla, and beat until blended. If icing does not seem stiff enough, beat in 2 or 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon at a time until stiff enough to hold its shape. Spread on cake.

BOILED CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Put all the above ingredients in a cooking pot and boil till thick.
• Let cool and spread on your favorite cake.

FLUFFY BOILED ICING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan combine sugar, water and cream of tartar. Slowly bring mixture to a boil, stirring sides of the saucepan with a brush dipped in water to remove any sugar crystals. Cover and boil for about 3 minutes or until a candy thermometer registers 245 degrees.
• Beat egg whites with pinch of salt until glossy and peaked. Slowly pour in syrup as you continue to beat the whites. Beat until cool and frosting is soft and fluffy. Fold in vanilla.

BOILED ICING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan bring corn syrup, sugar and water to a boil and remove from heat. With an electric mixer (preferably stationary) whip the eggs whites with a pinch of salt until stiff and glossy but not dry. Slowly, as you are beating the whites, pour the hot syrup and continue to beat constantly until frosting is light and fluffy and holds soft peaks; fold in vanilla.

FLUFFY BOILED ICING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan combine sugar, water and cream of tartar. Slowly bring mixture to a boil, stirring sides of the saucepan with a brush dipped in water to remove any sugar crystals. Cover and boil for about 3 minutes or until a candy thermometer registers 245 degrees.
• Beat egg whites with pinch of salt until glossy and peaked. Slowly pour in syrup as you continue to beat the whites. Beat until cool and frosting is soft and fluffy. Fold in vanilla.

VERMONT MAPLE BOILED ICING

Steps:

• Combine syrup and boil to 238F or until a little of the syrup forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water.
• Pour hot syrup very slowly into beaten egg whites, beating constantly.
• Flavor with vanilla and beat until icing is nearly cool.
• Add baking powder during the last of the beating until cool and of proper consistency to spread.

NO COOK ICING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the white sugar, egg white, vanilla, cream of tartar, and boiling water. Beat using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. If you have a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment.

BOILED SEAFOAM ICING

Steps:

• Boil sugar and water over low heat until syrup spins a thread. (or get a glass of water, drop syrup into the water, it's done when it solidifies immediately after. This is very important otherwise it won't work).
• Take out of the flame immediately otherwise it will turn brown.
• Pour very slowly onto stiffly beaten whites and beat until smooth and stiff enough to spread.
• Add flavoring.
• Spread on cake.

BROWN SUGAR BOILED FROSTING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in top of double boiler over hot (not boiling) water.
• Beat with a rotary beater or hand-held electric mixer until mixture holds its shape (about 7 minutes).
• Spread while still warm over cooled cake.