Recipe#4254

Title: Frosting 02

From: maxh@ldd.net (Max Hendrix) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 04:19:49 GMT 
 Message-ID: <55906l$5pd@sparky.midwest.net> 

1 1/4 c sugar
 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
 6 T water
 3 egg whites
 1 tsp vanilla
 Cook sugar, cream of tartar and water in saucepan stirring until
 sugar dissolves.  Continue cooking without stirring to hard ball
 stage (260 deg).  Set syrup aside and beat egg whites until moist
 peaks form.  When syrup is still hot but not "scalding" (shouldn't
 cook the egg whites), slowly pour hot syrup over whites, beating
 til all is added and stiff peaks are formed.  Add vanilla, and keep
 beating til frosting holds its shape.