Maple Cake and Frosting

Directions

1. Put maple syrup into a marbleized dish and boil until, when dropped from a spoon it treads,water it can be formed into a soft ball.
2. Have ready the stiffly beaten whites of eggs; pour the boiling syrup slowly into the eggs, beating all the time with a silver fork until, when right thickness to spread, put them between layers of cake and on top.