Meringue Buttercream Frosting - 1st Generation

Total Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 6 egg whites
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cups butter, softened almost until liquid, but not clear
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 whisk together egg whites and sugar in a double boiler pan.
• 2 heat over boiling water, "whisk"ing constantly, until the sugar is disolved and the egg begins to foam.
• 3 tranfer mixture to large bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
• 4 add the butter 1 tbsp at a time. it is very important not to add it all at once, the meringe doesn't like it and gets all seperated. :0.
• 5 after all the butter is added, scrape the edges of the bowl and continue mixing. it will act like a puddle of melty uck for a little while, but all of a sudden, it will thicken beautifully.
• 6 mix in the vanilla.
• 7 voila! i've found that the frosting has lots of air bubbles from being whipped, so if you're going to pipe it, i would mix it by hand with a spatula a little bit. it is great for decorating! but keep in mind it's about half butter so don't hold on to the bag for long periods at a time. xd it tends to get melty.
• 8 enjoy!