Sunday, November 17, 2013

Frosting

dailyhelen_frosting by dailyhelen
This afternoon I had a bunch of friends over for tea. I baked a cake for the occasion, and made Swiss meringue buttercream icing for it. Bit of a palaver.... First I whisked egg white and sugar in bowl over simmering water until the sugar melted and the mixture thickened. Then I beat further, til cool, then began to add butter, block at a time. Beat, beat, beat.  Lastly I folded in homemade pineapple curd for flavour. The icing went onto a coconut pound cake, and I sprinkled toasted coconut on top. It wasn't awful.
~ A year ago today I was watching butterflied in a garden ~ 
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2 comments:

  1. Jake's a GirlNovember 18, 2013 at 8:53 PM

    I've never had Swiss meringue buttercream icing...But...I love buttercream icing! yummy. I love it on my cream cheese pound cake or chocolate pound cake. My favorite is cream cheese icing on my carrot cake. Oh! Now I want cake. ha.
    btw...That cake looks wonderful!

    JaG

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  2. HelenNovember 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

    Thank you. I think cream cheese icing is my favourite too!

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