Ingredients

  • 1½ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp cream of tartar
  • grated rind of 1 lemon
  • 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 egg whites
  • 2 tbsp water

Method

  1. Combine all ingredients in the top of a double boiler.
  2. Cook and beat until thick and spreadable.

Notes

From Terry Madden. The collection has two handwritten copies of this frosting.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.