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Suzanne

Serves/Makes:Frosts 1 2-layer cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) white corn syrup
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) water
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla

Preparation

• Put sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan.
• When the mixtures starts to boil, beat egg whites until stiff.
• Boil mixture rapidly until it "spins a tail" 6-8 inches long.
• After the mixture has spun, pour (while hot) into egg whites slowly.
• Beat until frosting peaks.
• Add vanilla.

Comments

We like this so much that we always double the frosting amount.