HEAVENLY HALO FROSTING (no cook frosting)

¥% cup sugar 14 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 egg white (unbeaten) 4 cup boiling water Food coloring

1% cups coconut

Place sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla and egg white in small deep bowl. Mix well. Add boiling water. Beat with egg beater or electric beater at high speed until mixture stands in stiff peaks, about 4 or 5 minutes. Add a few drops of coloring to tint if desired. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle generously with coconut. Makes 3 cups of frosting, or enough to cover tops and sides of two 8-inch layers.

Fern McEachern

FABULOUS FROSTING

1% cup milk, regular Y cup butter 2¥%2 tbsp. flour 4 tsp. vanilla Y cup granulated sugar

Cook milk and flour over medium heat until it thickens. Set aside and allow to cool. Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, then flour mixture and beat well. This never hardens.

Claire Campbell Betty McPhee

BROWN BEAUTY ICING

143 cups sifted icing sugar Y4 cup milk Y% tsp. salt 14 cup soft shortening 2 squares melted chocolate 1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix ingredients thoroughly. Beat until thick enough to spread. This amount will ice a three-layer cake. Iris Young

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