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Marshmallow Filling or Icing

1 1/3 cups sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup marshmallows whites of 3 eggs Mix sugar, salt and water; add marshmallows and boil until syrup spins a thread; then add slowly to whites of eggs, which have been beaten until light and dry; beat constantly until firm enough to spread. Maple Icing. I 1/2 teaspoon butter 2 tablespoons hot milk 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring Add butter to hot milk; add sugar slowly to make paste of the right consistency to spread; add flavoring and spread on top and sides of cake. Maple Icing. II 1 cup maple syrup whites of 2 eggs Boil syrup until it spins a thread; add very slowly to stiffly beaten whites of eggs; beat with wire whip, preferably on a platter, until stiff enough to spread.