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Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in water.
Gently boil for 1 minute after the sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat and skim off the scum.
Return to heat and gently boil for another minute, skimming off the scum again.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Loaf sugar
- Forms the syrup base, and as it cooks it becomes the sweet, thick body of the icing.
The step that matters
Skimming off the scum. Scum rising on the boiling syrup is made of impurities and can cloud or spoil the finished icing, so it should be removed fully each time it forms.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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