This section is from the book "A Laboratory Manual Of Foods And Cookery", by Emma B. Matteson. Also available from Amazon: A Laboratory Manual of Foods and Cookery.
Ingredients:
1 c. sugar 1/3 c. water 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
1 egg white
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
Method:
Boil first three ingredients to thread stage. Pour slowly on beaten white, add flavoring, and heat until thick enough to spread.
2-4 oz. chocolate melted.
Add to White Mountain Frosting before spreading on cake.
4 oz. chocolate melted with a little milk. Cook until thickens, add 1 c. sugar. Remove from fire, add 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Ingredients:
1 c. sugar 1/3 c. milk
2 oz. chocolate Method:
Boil to soft ball stage. Add 2 tbsp. butter and 1 tsp. vanilla. Cool. Beat until thick enough to spread.
1/2 lb. maple sugar 1/4 c. boiling water
1 egg white
Break or grate sugar. Method same as White Mountain.
Caramel 1 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. granulated sugar
3/4 c. cream 1/2 tbsp. butter
Uncooked Frostings
Confectioners' Frosting
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. water, milk, fresh fruit confectioners' sugar juice or cream flavoring
Method:
To the liquid add enough sifted sugar to make of right consistency to spread, then add flavoring.
Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:
2 oz. chocolate 3 tbsp. hot water
1 tbsp. butter confectioners' sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla Method :
Melt chocolate over boiling water, add butter and hot water. Cool, and add sugar to make of right consistency to spread. Flavor with vanilla.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. cocoa 1 tbsp. butter boiling water to make paste confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Ingredients:
2 tsp. cocoa 1 tbsp. butter confectioners' sugar 2 tbsp. strong coffee
Method :
Melt butter in the hot coffee. Add cocoa and sugar until of right consistency to spread.
Ingredients:
I c. butter 1 tbsp. breakfast cocoa '
II c. confectioners' sugar coffee infusion
Method:
Cream butter, and add sugar gradually, continuing the beating; then add cocoa and coffee infusion drop by drop until of right consistency to spread.
Ingredients :
4 tbsp. orange juice 1 tsp. lemon juice rind 1 orange
Method:
Soak rind in the juice 1/2 hour, strain. Add 2 egg yolks, and confectioners' sugar to spread.
Lemon
Ingredients:
1 c. sugar
2 1/2 tbsp. flour rind of 2 lemons
1/4 c. lemon juice
1 egg
1 tsp. butter
Orange
1/2 c. sugar 2 1/2 tbsp. flour rind 1/4 orange 1/2 c. orange juice 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 egg
1 tsp. butter
Method:
Mix sugar and flour, add fruit juice and rind. Cook 20 minutes in double boiler. Add egg and cook a little longer, stirring constantly. Add butter and cool.
 
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