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Ornamental Icing

2 cups powdered sugar

1 cup water

3 egg whites

¼ tsp. cream of tartar

½ tsp. vanilla

Boil sugar and water (without stirring) to 242° or until a small amount dropped from tip of spoon spins a thread. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and pour on hot syrup in a thin stream, while beating constantly. Add cream of tartar and vanilla and beat until thick enough to spread. Cover cake smoothly with part of the icing and beat remaining icing until cool and stiff enough to hold shape when forced through pastry tube. When coating on cake has hardened decorate as desired with remaining icing forced through pastry tube. If icing becomes too thick to spread smoothly, add a few drops of hot water.
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Ruth Berolzheimer,
250 Superb Pies and Pastries
(Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), 41.

About the Authors

Tricia Goyer
is a busy wife, mom of ten, and grandmother of two. A
USA Today
bestselling author, Tricia has published over 50 books and has written more than 500 articles. She's well-known for her Big Sky and Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Amish series. For more information visit Tricia at
www.TriciaGoyer.com
.

Sherry Gore
is the author of
Simply Delicious Amish Cooking
and
Me, Myself and Pie
and is a weekly scribe for the national edition of the Amish newspaper
The Budget
. Sherry's culinary adventures have been seen on NBC Daytime, Today.com, and Mr. Food Test Kitchen. Sherry is a resident of Sarasota, Florida, the vacation paradise of the Plain People. She has three children and is a member of a Beachy Amish Mennonite church.

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