No Cook Icing

68 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Ready In: 10 min

“Light and fluffy icing. Perfect for an angel food cake. You would swear it was a boiled frosting, all the taste, very little effort! I like to change it up a bit and use maple or peppermint extract instead of the vanilla.” - by Debi

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup boiling water

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Original recipe yields 3 cups

Directions

In a medium bowl, stir together the white sugar, egg white, vanilla, cream of tartar, and boiling water. Beat using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. If you have a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
67 cal
3%

Fat
0 g
< 1%

Carbs
16.8 g
5%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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CONNIEJC

Oct. 23, 2005

"This icing is wonderful!! Very light and not too sweet! I think the trick is to beat the egg/sugar/cream of tartar mixture first before adding the boiling water. Then add the vanilla. We had no proble..." See morem getting it fluffy as did the last review. Extra icing also stores well in the frig for later use."

webwitch6

Nov. 25, 2006

"FANTASTIC! I didnt have any cream of tartar so I used salt and it came out fantastically. I had to beat it for about 3 minutes longer but WOW! It was gobbled up with requests for more. (I used it on ..." See moredeep dish brownies.) A keeper!"

Erin

May. 11, 2006

"This is yummy! Very easy, too! I was a little worried when I put all the ingredients in the bowl and saw a brownish colored mess, but was more than pleased to discover that after some faithful beating..." See more, it turned into a beautiful, fluffy white icing! Thanks!"

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