Basic Seven Minute Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

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