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Confectioners' Frosting

A frosting made from confectioners' sugar, boiling water, and lemon juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Norton, Caroline Trask · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Confectioners' Frosting

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine two tablespoonfuls of boiling water or boiling fruit juice with one teaspoonful of lemon juice.

  2. Add confectioners' sugar until the mixture is spreadable.

By Norton, Caroline Trask. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness of the frosting.

“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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