Recipes

Combine all ingredients except vanilla in the top of a double boiler.

Cook over boiling water, beating constantly with a rotary egg beater.

Cook for 7 minutes, or until mixture holds a point when beater is lifted.

Remove from heat, add vanilla and continue beating until cool enough to spread.

Will frost tops and sides of 2 (9 in.) layers.

Variations:

Lemon - Use lemon juice instead of 2 tbsps. of water, omit cream of tartar and vanilla and add 1/4 tsp. grated lemon rind.

Orange - Use only 1/4 c. of water. Use juice and rind of 1/2 orange instead of vanilla.

Peppermint - Flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint instead of vanilla, and when frosting on cake is cold but still soft, make a 1- inch border of chocolate flakes around top of cake. Make flakes by scraping bitter choclate with a knife.

Caramel - Use brown sugar in place of granulated

Chocolate - Stir 2 squares of chocolate, melted, into icing just before spreading on cake