This recipe is a fond favorite from my childhood. I don't think that my mother ever used a different frosting on our birthday cakes and is from my mother's personal hand-made recipe book. It is a great tasting kind of a crusty icing that is sweet and really good.

2		egg whites (unbeaten)
1-1/2	cups	sugar
5	tablespoons	cold water
1-1/2	teaspoons	cornstarch
1	teaspoon	vanilla

• Combine all ingredients except vanilla in upper part of a double boiler, beating constantly with an egg beater until frosting stands in peaks. (You may use an electric mixer to make it quicker!)
• Remove from heat.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat until frosting will spread easily on a 2 layer 8 inch cake.