Nut Caramel Frosting

Nut Caramel Frosting

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup English walnut

Directions:
Chapter XXXII − CAKE FILLINGS AND FROSTINGS 621
The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook
meats, broken in pieces
1/4 cup white
sugar
Whites 2 eggs
Boil sugar and water as for White Mountain Cream. Pour gradually, while beating constantly,
on
beaten whites of eggs, and continue the beating until mixture is nearly cool. Set pan
containing
mixture in pan of boiling water, and cook over range, stirring constantly, until mixture
becomes
granular around edge of pan. Remove from pan of hot water and beat, using a spoon, until
mixture will hold its shape. Add nuts and vanilla, pour on cake, and spread with back of
spoon,
leaving a rough surface.
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