Add butter to hot milk; add sugar slowly to make paste of the right consistency to spread; add baking powder and flavoring and spread on top and sides of cake.
MAPLE ICING. II
- 1 cup maple syrup
- Whites of 2 eggs
Boil syrup without stirring until it spins a thread; add very slowly to stiffly beaten whites of eggs; beat well with wire whip, preferably on a platter until stiff enough to spread.
FRUIT FILLING
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup boiling water
- Whites of 2 eggs
- ¼ cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup mixed figs, raisins, citron, cherries and pineapple, cut fine