7-Minute Frosting


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Servings: Frosting for 1 layer cake or approximately 8-12 cupcakes
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 7 min
Difficulty: Easy

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1/3 cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
1 1/2 cup sugar
2   egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Place sugar, cream of tartar or corn syrup, salt, water and egg whites into a mixing bowl and beat for 1 minute with a handheld electric mixer.  Using the double boiler method, place the bowl over the top of rapidly boiling water, making sure that boiling water does not touch the bottom of the top bowl.  (If this happens, it could cause your frosting to become grainy.)  Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 7 minutes.  Remove the bowl from the boiler and gently stir in vanilla with a spatula.

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

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Jamies Coconut cake receipe was incomplete. Finally got the directions for the icing, but am not sure how to ice it since you have the last of the filling on top of the cake. Can't find this anywhere. Please advise as I need to make this on Sun. for my son's birthday. Thanks

By susan short on March 21, 2012

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Frosting is great easy to make and tastes great

By maria c on March 18, 2012

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I am waiting to use this for my sons 42nd Birthday. I use to make this same German Chocolate cake years ago and then put the 7 minute frosting on but it has been many years since I made it. I am wondering if I let the 7 Minute Frosting cool some before putting it on the cake.

By Joyce on January 27, 2012

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The cooking show, showed me how to make sum receipes I been want to make for along time. So thank u for cooking and showing me how to use real food.

By Tawanda ford on November 04, 2011

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By Derorah Richards on May 01, 2011

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How do you keep 7 minute icing from melting away.

By Anonymous on April 13, 2011

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