White Icing
Source of Recipe
Stonecroft Cross-Country Cookbook/1981
2-1/2 T flour
1/2 c milk
1/2 c shortening
1/4 t salt
10 T sugar
1 t vanilla
1 Mix first two items and cook until thick. Cool.
2 Mix shortening and sugar; then add salt and vanilla. Mix the cooled mixture in and beat with a mixer until it is very thick and creamy. Frost the cake. Can use one packet of liquid unsweetened chocolate to make a chocolate icing. Sprinkle ground walnuts on top of cake, if desired.