Maple Icing Recipe 1

Ingredients for Maple Icing

• 1¾ cups maple sirup
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg white

Instructions

1. Boil the sugar and sirup together till a heavy thread is formed when a spoon is dipped in the sirup and lifted, or to 244 degree F.
2. Then pour it in a fine stream on the beaten egg white, beating the white as the sirup is poured in.
3. Set the bowl which contains the mixture on a dish of hot water, and beat the mixture thoroughly till the egg stiffens somewhat, then spread on the cake.
4. One-half cup of coarse chopped nuts may be mixed with the frosting, if desired.
5. Also a little vanilla flavoring may be used.