Mrs Wilson's Decorative And Plain Icing Recipe ingredients

• 4 whites of eggs
• 2½ cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice, or
• ½ teaspoon baking powder and tartaric acid mixed

To prepare this Mrs Wilson's Decorative And Plain Icing Recipe, first cook syrup until it drops thick from spoon Have whites beaten stiff and smooth with the half cup of sugar Add syrup to eggs a little at a time, letting the last cook until it threads After beating well, put over pan hot water and add powder Cook until it piles without sinking, to decorate Plain icing will not require so much cooking The decorative icing can be beaten back smooth with a spoon Use lemon if preferred to powder