Basic Seven Minute Frosting

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 pinch salt (3-5 grains)
• 1 egg white
• options
• vanilla
• lemon, juice and zest
• orange, juiceand zest
• coconut, freshly grated

1. Mate a stainless steel mixing bowl and a large sauce pan. You're making a double boiler.
2. Put a few inches of water in the pan and bring to a boil without the mixing bowl on top.
3. In the bowl mix all of the ingredients except flavor options with a hand mixer.
4. Place the bowl on the boiling pan and mix 'til it's thick enough to stand, about 4 min.
5. Remove the bowl from the pan and mix 'til it's thick enough to spread.
6. Flavors in the order of my favorites; Vanilla; Mix 1/2 tsp into the finished frosting.
7. Lemon; Subtitute 2 TBS Lemon juice for water and mix 1/2 tsp Lemon Zest into the finished Frosting.
8. Orange; Same as lemon but use Orange.
9. Coconut; Mix 1/4 cup freshly grated coconut into the finished frosting, spread on the cake and sprinkle the top with a bit more coconut.

sugar, water, cream of tartar, salt, egg, options, vanilla, lemon, orange, coconut

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/basic-seven-minute-frosting-78113 (may not work)