This old recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date unknown but the back of the clipping mentions Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (as well as Bert Wheeler).
Mile High Icing
Mrs. R. V. Sigafoos
Combine 2 egg whites and 1 cup white corn sirup in a large bowl and beat with rotary beater until mixture will stand in peaks. Start at low speed and work up to high speed if you have an electric beater. Add 1-2 teaspoonful vanilla and 1-2 teaspoonful almond extract. Spread on cake. If any is left over cover bowl and set it in refrigerator and it will keep for several days.
More Recipes For You To Enjoy:A little bit of research identifies this as a clipping from the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, though the date is still uncertain. Mrs. Sigafoos, credited, lived with her husband at 1524 Beardsley Street and attended Bethany Evangelical Lutheran church, and was a member of the Firestone Park Garden Club during the 1940s and 1950s.