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ICING
Оглавление| The white of one egg. | |
| 1 | teaspoonful of cold water. |
| 1 | cup of powdered sugar. |
| ½ | teaspoonful of flavoring. |
Put the white of the egg in a bowl, add the water, and beat till light; stir in the sifted sugar and the flavoring, and spread on the cakes while they are still a little warm; smooth over with the blade of a knife.
After the cakes were iced, the leaves were laid in a wreath around the edges, with the tiny red berries among them; and they were the prettiest things for Christmas anybody ever saw.
When, at last, they were put away, Norah told them she had some bits of pie-crust left over from her mince-pies that they could have, if they wanted it. Brownie dashed into the hall, shouting, "Mother, Mother! What can we make with pie-crust? Norah says we can have some."
"Tartlets," called Mother Blair from upstairs. And when Brownie ran up for it she gave her this receipt:
