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Frosting for Cakes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Frosting for Cakes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan.

  2. Heat over medium heat until the mixture becomes thin and clear.

  3. Continue cooking until it thickens.

  4. Remove from heat and stir until cool and thick enough to spread with a knife.

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.

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