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Marshmallow Icing

A sweet icing made by melting marshmallows with hot water and mixing into white icing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Marshmallow Icing

Ingredients

Directions

Make the icing

  1. Place marshmallows and hot water in a double boiler.

  2. Let the mixture melt over low heat.

  3. Beat the melted marshmallows into white icing.

Finish

  1. Spread the icing on the cake immediately.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Fresh marshmallows
Melt to form a sweet, glossy, spreadable base for the icing.
Hot water
Helps the marshmallows melt smoothly into a pourable, spreadable mixture.

The step that matters

Melt the marshmallows gently over low heat. Marshmallows scorch or turn grainy if overheated, and a double boiler's indirect heat lets them melt evenly into a smooth, spreadable icing.

“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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