7-Minute Frosting

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This frosting was one that my Mom always made for her seven children's birthday cakes. She would tint it whatever color we wanted. Today, I made this frosting my sister's 46th birthday cake. Our Mom passed away in 1996 at the tender age of 54 from lung cancer. Everyone enjoyed the frosting just as much as we did when we were little kids : It also brought back some very fond memories for my sister and I. Thank-you Paula. I can always count on you for the traditional recipes that we all love. My seventeen yr old daughter and I watch your shows together and she always says,"I just love Paula Deen Mom". She is aspiring to be a pastry chef after high school :

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I been looking for over several years to find 7 mins. Frosting, Never dawned on me to look at the food channel, but I have to say Thanks again Paula because you have stuck with the Old time cooking, I made this Cake for My daughter 18th birthday with 7 minute frosting along with Home made cake Just like I had when I was 18 years old.... Her Great Grandma Had the recipe....for got to ask for it. Thank You again for allowing to pass down the a Traditions

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Delicious! I made it for the first time tonight for my dad's Father's Day cupcakes - couldn't resist sampling one. So incredibly delicious! And I don't have a double boiler - I use a metal bowl over a saucepan with about 1-1/2" of water. Make sure the bowl you use will hold at least 4x the ingredients before you put it on the double boiler - this frosting really expands.

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I love this frosting. I use it with lemon pie filling between the cake layers and the frosting on the side and top. I cover it with coconut. It makes a wonderful cake, especially at Easter. Thanks Paula!

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The recipe turned out perfect! Just like Grandma's! Thanks!

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My mom and I have been on a cupcake kick lately (Thank you Cupcake Wars!. I planned to make almond cupcakes but I didn't know what icing to make considering my lack of confectioners sugar and then I stumbled onto this recipe. And what's the verdict? Well, it didnt turn out so wonderful but it was all on me. I don't have a proper double boiler and my rig didn't quite work. It did exactly as warned and I had gritty icing. Nevertheless, the taste was great! I am obsessed with vanilla so I increased the amount of vanilla extract to at least twice the recommended and I added about a teaspoon of almond extract to make it go with my cupcakes a bit more, and it was quite tasty! My next trip to town and I'll be buying a proper double boiler and retrying this recipe! In the end, its basically the consistency of marshmallow cream but better because it's homemade. I really like the recipe, and hope I can do it more justice the next time I use it.

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It was perfect! My mom used to make a 7 minute frosting and it is no longer in the B.C. cookbook...so I turned to the internet. This was just like hers; easy to make and turned out perfect!

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I used to make a 7 Minute frosting that was great. Thought I would try this one. Easy to make and was beautiful. I made a 3 layer cake and doubled the frosting recipe using corn syrup. I had a nice tall cake with 3/4 inch frosting between the layers. To my surprise the next day when the cake was served, the frosting had broken down and bare spots were showing. There was NO frosting between the layers. So, my hint is....serve the cake immediately.

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I made this today for the first time, just as the recipe instructs. It came out perfect and beautiful, and it also tastes good, very important. I will make this again.

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Egg whites and water don't mix. i tried this recipe, used all the ingredients, cream of tartar instead of cornstarch. It had a very wonderful glossy look when it was done but as i was stacking the cake with this frosting, it started oozing out. I set it in the fridge for a couple of minutes but it didn't keep its shape. I torched the frosting to give it structure, but it got worse. My suggestion is stick to swiss meringue; it holds on to the structure and doesn't slide all over the place. I finished my cake with the 7 minute frosting, and it ended up all over the fridge. It turned out that the meringue would not hold.