Seven-Minute Icing
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 3:10pm

Ingredients




2 egg whites
cup sugar
5 tablespoons water
teaspoon cream of tartar
teaspoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Off the heat, combine the egg whites, sugar, water, cream of tartar, and corn syrup in the top of a double boiler and mix until thoroughly blended. Place the top of the double boiler over rapidly boiling water and beat with a hand mixer or energetically with a wire whisk for 7 minutes. Add the vanilla and continue beating until the icing reaches a good consistency for spreading. 2 Note: Because of concerns over salmonella, some people use pasteurized meringue powder instead of fresh egg whites in any recipe where the eggs are uncooked or only partially cooked.