TUTTI-FRUTTI ICING
Boil one pound of sugar in a gill of water until the syrup hairs. Take from the fire, add slowly the beaten whites of two eggs; beat all together, adding also one-half pound of blanched chopped almonds, quarter of a pound of fine raisins swelled in hot water, and quarter of a pound of citron cut in little pieces.
Mrs. J. I. Jonas
MAPLE FILLING
Boil a cup of maple syrup until it threads from the spoon. Then beat until cool, beating in the white of an egg.
NUT FILLING
Boil together one cup of water and one cup of sugar until it makes a heavy thread. Take from the fire and add little by little and with constant stirring the whites of two eggs. Beat till cool, stirring in one cup of chopped nuts, walnuts, hickory, or mixed nuts.
Mrs. A. M. Soloman
CARAMEL FILLING
Mix two cups of heavy brown sugar with three-fourths cup of butter, then add one-half cup of cream. Boil until it becomes ropy, then add one tablespoonful vanilla. Put the pan in cold water and stir until the filling thickens. Spread between layers of cold cake.