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Almond Frosting

Ingredients

• whites of 3 eggs
• 3 cups of fine, white sugar
• 1 pound of sweet almonds
• vanilla extract

Instructions

The whites of the eggs, beaten up with fine, white sugar. Blanch sweet almonds, pound them in a mortar with a little sugar, until a fine paste, then add the whites of eggs, sugar and vanilla extract. Pound a few minutes to thoroughly mix. Cover the cake with a very thick coating of this, set in a cool oven to dry, afterwards cover with a plain icing.

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Source

The White House Cookbook (1887)

Categories

Icings & Fillings.