Boiled Frosting
(from whitegirlluvs2cook’s recipe box)
Boiled frosting, aside from being my favorite kind of frosting, is a delicate and subtle delicious frosting, generally with a little vanilla flavoring. Boiled vanilla frosting is most commonly used on red velvet cakes and red velvet cupcakes, though it tastes great on all kinds of cupcakes!
This is also known as the Italian Meringue buttercream
Source: bestcupcakerecipes.com
Categories: frostings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups sugar divided leaving 2 TBSP aside
- 3/4 Cup of cold water
- 1 TBSP of corn syrup
- 2 egg whites
- 1/8 tsp salt
- a splash of vanilla extract
Directions
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Combine sugar (all but 2 TBSP), water, and corn syrup into a saucepan with a heavy bottom. Stir while cooking over medium heat until your sugar is dissolved. At this point it should look clear. Continue to let it cook until it becomes syrupy. Make sure you don’t burn it or your boiled frosting won’t turn out so keep an eye on it.
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While it’s cooking beat your egg whites till the form stiff peeks. Add the remaining sugar and beat. Add syrup while mixing until thoroughly blended. Add vanilla and continue to mix until it begins to form small peaks.