Icings: Never Fail Icing

By JoFClark

Aunt Jo's recipe given to Jo on 2nd birthday. March 1957

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 t cream of tartar
• 1/4 cup hot water (recipe says 3/4 cup)
• 2 T cold water
• 2 egg whites
• 1 t flavoring

Preparation

Step 1

Put 1/3 cup sugar in pan with cream of tartar and hot water. Boil, rapidly, until syrup spins a thread 18 inches long. When syrup starts to boil start beating egg whites and gradually add cold water when very stiff. Slowly add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. When syrup is done, pour over egg whites in fine stream. Add flavoring and spread.