Maple Frosting
1 cup maple sugar. 1/2 cup boiling water.
White 1 egg. 1 teaspoon cream of tartar.
PROCESS: Boil sugar, water and cream of tartar together until it spins a thread from tip of spoon. Pour slowly in a fine stream on the beaten white and continue beating until of the consistency to spread over cake. (To get the exact proportion of sugar, weigh one level cup of granulated sugar to ascertain by weight how much Maple sugar is required for this amount of water and white of one egg. It will weigh about one-half pound.)