Boiled Icing/Filling

1 cup Sugar
4 tablespoons Water -- cold
1 each Egg white -- beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Add the water to the sugar and boil until the syrup spins a thread. Pour the hot
syrup very slowly into the beaten white of egg, whip
ping constantly. Flavor with vanilla and spread the icing on the cake. For
chocolate icing, add 2 Tbsp grated chocolate to the warm i
cing. To tint icing: Lemon juice will whiten icing. The grated rind of an
orange will give a yellow color. Strawberry, raspberry or
cranberry juice will give a pink shade.