Angel Food Cake with Boiled Icing

Directions

Sift flour once, measure and sift four more times.

Measure sugar and sift or roll if coarse.

Add salt to egg whites and beat until foamy; add cream of tartar and continue beating until stiff but not dry.

Fold in the sugar, one tablespoon at a time.

Finish up batter and put into cake pan. Bake for about 40 minutes.

Invert, cool and frost.

Then boiled icing:

Mix sugar, cream of tartar and water and cook over low heat until syrup spins a thread.

Meanwhile, add salt to egg whites and beat with a flat beater until stiff.

Pour syrup in a thin stream over the egg whites; add flavorings.