Cake
Icing
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A basic cake recipe egg whites butter powdered sugar; egg yolks flour dried fruit spices; fluffing egg-whites is fun!
The cake in the picture looks like the icing was browned in the oven, like a lemon meringue pie. How was this done? What temp, how long, etc?
Optional: Use the Sugar Icing recipe below. Ice generously onto the surface, piling it high and swirling it around the top and sides. Set in the turned-off warm oven and let sit for at least 3 hours, or until the cake is cool and the icing has hardened. The icing will crumble when the cake is sliced.
Icing
Ingredients
3 large egg whites at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons rose water or orange-flower water
This seems to be a fruitcake recipe, and for more than one cake. Lady sure knew how to entertain...
Is there an Almanac kitchen?? Has this recipe been test baked?? Curious, but that's a LOT of ingredients if it's awful. . . . just sayin'! Eggs ain't free . . .
We’ve presented this recipe precisely as Martha Washington wrote it, for authenticity’s sake. However, it is certainly not your average cake! Here’s a more realistic version of the recipe, courtesy of the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant: Martha’s Great Cake.