Ingredients:

1 cup sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon extract of almond

Directions:

Sift flour once, measure, add half the sugar and sift together 4 times. Add salt to egg whites and beat until foamy, then add cream of tartar and continue to beat until a spatula will leave a faint line when drawn through the mixture. Beat in the remaining sugar, a tablespoon at a time, continuing to beat until all has been added and until the mixture will hold in soft peaks.