Ornamental Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
5 egg whites
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Cream butter or margarine. Add salt and part of the sugar gradually, blending after each addition. Add remaining sugar, alternately with the egg whites first, then with the cream; beat after each addition. Beat after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla, and blend.