FLUFFY BOILED FROSTING

2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
2 egg whites, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place sugar, corn syrup, salt and water together in saucepan. Boil to firm ball stage (230 degrees F.).

Pour hot syrup slowly into well-beaten egg whites, beating constantly. Add vanilla. Continue beating until frosting holds its shape when tossed over the back of a spoon. Spread on cake in swirls.

Makes enough frosting to cover top and sides of 2 (8-inch) layers
Source:
Recipe Booklet - New Fashioned Old Fashioned Recipes, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., 1949