1 cupful sugar
1 cupful water
2 whites of eggs
Pinch Cream of tartar
1 teaspoonful lemon juice
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
_For cakes._ Cream Crisco and sugar thoroughly together, add eggs well
beaten, salt, vanilla, milk or water, baking powder, flour, and nuts.
Mix well and divide into Criscoed and floured gem pans and bake ten
minutes in moderate oven. When cold cover with boiled frosting.
_For frosting._ Dissolve sugar and water over fire in a saucepan, add
cream of tartar and boil until it forms a soft ball when tried in cold
water, or 240° F. Pour on to the beaten whites of eggs, pouring in a
steady stream and very slowly, adding, while beating, lemon juice, and
vanilla; beat until thick, and use.
Sufficient for fifteen cakes.