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ICINGS

Orange Butter Icing
4, ec, orange juice 1 t. lemon juice Icing sugar
1 orange rind grated 1 t. butter

Put orange and lemon juice and grated rind in top of double
boiler. Add butter and when it has melted take from fire and add
enough icing sugar to make an icing of the right consistency to
spread.

Boiled Icing
1 c. granulated sugar , ¢. water 1 egg white

Boil sugar and water until it hairs. Take off heat and beat in
the white of | egg well beaten.

Chocolate Icing
4 lb, chocolate, grated Butter 1 T. water
4 lb. icing sugar
Put chocolate and water in saucepan, and stir until melted.
Add quickly icing sugar and butter and spread over cake.

Cocoa Icing

', ¢. powdered cocoa 1% T. butter Pinch of salt
1%, ¢. gran. sugar 1-3 ¢. milk Vanilla

To milk and butter add sugar, cocoa and salt. Boil 8 minutes.
Take off and beat until creamy. Add vanilla and pour over cake.

Boiled Frosting
14% ¢. sugar VY, c. water l, t. b-powder
3 egg whites, 1 t. flavoring

peaten stiff

Gently boil sugar and water to long thread stage. Pour ina
fine stream over beaten egg whites, beating for about 3 min. or
until mixture thickens. Add baking powder, beat 2 min. more,
add flavoring and spread over top and sides of cake.

Divinity Frosting
1 c. white sugar 1-3 c. b-sugar 4, t. b-powder
Y, «. water 2 egg whites, 1 t. vanilla
beaten frothy
Boil to thread stage sugar, b-powder and water. Gradually
pour this syrup over frothy egg whites, beating constantly until
creamy. Add vanilla.

Banona Icing

1 banana 4, t. vanilla Icing sugar
1 T. cocoa 1 t. melted butter

Mash banana, add melted butter, cocoa and vanilla and enough
icing sugar to make thick enough to spread.

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