Our Family Food Favorites: Soft 7 Minute Frosting

Jul 26, 2017

Soft 7 Minute Frosting

This is a recipe from our friend, Nita. It is a stiff, but soft, white frosting.

Soft 7-Minute Frosting

3/4 cup white corn syrup
1/4 cup sugar (Nita uses 3/4 cup sugar.)
Pinch of cream of tartar
Whites of 2 eggs

Put in a double boiler. Beat 7 minutes or until stiff. (That sounds simple!)

Brown Karo syrup and brown sugar may be used instead of the white.

Will frost a 9" 2-layer cake.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.