seafoam frosting

Growing up I had a friend who's mom always made birthday cakes with seafoam icing and I remembered really liking the light and fluffy texture. I finally decided to find a recipe for it and try it. Pretty easy although in my haste I forgot to add one of the egg whites... it still came out ok and quite tasty. For my first attempt I used 1/2 tsp almond extract for flavouring and 1/2 tsp red food colouring to make it nice and pink. (After all, it was for a princess cake!)

Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla *Can modify flavouring as desired

Preparation:

• Stir together egg whites, sugar and water together in top of double boiler.
• With water boiling in bottom of double boiler, beat with electric mixer approximately 7 minutes or until frosting looks fluffly and holds soft shape.
• Remove from water, add vanilla and beat until frosting forms stiff peaks.
• Use to frost.
  

Notes:

• Don't over-cook, it will become grainy.
• You can substitute dark brown sugar with light brown sugar or white sugar and then add 1 tbsp light corn syrup.
• Some recipes also include a bit of cream of tartar to give the final iced cake a thin "crust" when the icing sets.

  

Prepared: 2010-06-25

Categories: Dessert

Recipe Source: grouprecipes.com