Boiled icing

1. Add the water to the sugar and boil until the syrup spins a thread.
2. Pour the hot syrup very slowly into the beaten white of egg, whipping constantly.
3. Flavor with vanilla and spread the icing on the cake.
4. For chocolate icing, add 2 tbsp grated chocolate to the warm icing.
5. To tint icing: lemon juice will whiten icing.
6. The grated rind of an orange will give a yellow color.
7. Strawberryi, raspberry or cranberry juice will give a pink shade.