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Marshmallow Filling

A sweet filling made by melting marshmallows and mixing with boiled frosting, then spread on a cake.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Marshmallow Filling

Marshmallow Filling

Ingredients

Directions

Make the marshmallow base

  1. Place marshmallows in a double boiler with a little water.

  2. Stir occasionally until the marshmallows are completely dissolved.

Finish and spread

  1. Prepare a boiled frosting separately.

  2. Add the dissolved marshmallows to the boiled frosting and beat thoroughly.

  3. Spread the mixture on the cake.

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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What each ingredient does

Marshmallows
Melt into a sweet, sticky base that gives the filling its body and spreadability.

The step that matters

Beat the dissolved marshmallows into the boiled frosting thoroughly. Thorough beating evenly blends the warm marshmallow into the frosting so the mixture sets smooth and uniform rather than streaky or lumpy.

“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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