Seven Minute Frosting Recipe

This recipe has been around forever. Seven Minute Frosting is still among the best, simplest, prettiest frostings around. It can also be tinted with a few drops of food coloring.

Seven Minute Frosting

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• Author: Steve Labinski
• Total Time: 20 Min
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Cuisine: American

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Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients except vanilla in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, beating constantly with a portable electric mixer until frosting is fluffy and stands in peaks, about 7 minutes.
2. Remove from heat, and fold in vanilla.
3. Makes enough for top and sides of an 8- or 9-inch layer cake.

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