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Friday, April 28, 2023

Coffee Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget

Coffee Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget 

Makes 1 ½ cups 

Ingredients: 

-1/2 cup softened butter 

-1 cup confectioner’s sugar 

-2 teaspoons instant coffee 

-1/4 cup water 

Steps: 

1-Mix softened butter with confectioner’s sugar. 

2-Dissolve 2 teaspoons instant coffee in ¼ cup water. 

3-Beat the butter mixture with the instant coffee mixture. 

Use this sauce to frost cakes, cover steamed puddings, and frost warm gingerbread. 

Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s 

By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France


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