Corn Starch Loaf Cake with Maple Frosting
Loaf Cake Recipe
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups fine sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup corn starch
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
Whites of 5 eggs, beaten stiff
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, stirring constantly. Mix and sift flour, corn starch, baking powder and salt; add alternately to first mixture with milk, add vanilla, then cut and fold in whites of eggs.
Turn mixture into 2 well-greased, bread pans and bake 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Spread with Maple Frosting (recipe below). Makes 2 loaf cakes.
Maple Frosting
1 cup maple sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
White of 1 egg
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
Boil sugar, water, and cream of tartar together until it spins a thread from the tip of a spoon. Pour slowly in a fine stream on the beaten white and continue beating until it reaches the consistency to spread over cake.
Note: Temperature of frosting must reach 160 degrees for the eggs to be safe to eat.

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