ICING FOR CAKE. MRS. G. A. LIVINGSTON.

One cup sugar, one cup grated pineapple, one heaping teaspoon corn
starch, a pinch of salt; stir together well; add a small cup boiling
water. Set on the stove, and boil until quite thick. Let it cool
before using.



CHOCOLATE ICING. ETHEL CLARK.

Beat together three cups of four X sugar; add the white of one egg,
beaten stiff; thin it with milk, so it will spread; melt one-fourth
cake of Bakers chocolate, and stir into the icing.



FROSTING WITHOUT EGGS.

One cupful of granulated sugar, five tablespoonfuls of milk. Boil
four or five minutes till it threads from the spoon. Flavor as
desired. Stir till right thickness for spreading. This is fine
grained, white, and delicious.



FIG FILLING FOR CAKE.

Stew one-half pound of chopped figs in a syrup made of one-fourth