Harlequin Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, creamed
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs (yolks)
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups pastry flour
• 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar
• 3^ teaspoonful soda
• Whites of 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix in the order given, then divide the dough into four equal parts.

2. 2

   Have two parts the color of the dough.

3. 3

   Color the third with two squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted.

4. 4

   Color the fourth part with pink coloring, and bake each part in a Washington pie plate.

5. 5

   When all are done, lay first a light cake, then the chocolate, then another light, then the pink.

6. 6

   Between the layers spread lemon jelly and frost with white frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 223. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Harlequin Cake. {Mrs. Williams.) 1 cup butter, creamed. 2 cups sugar. 3 eggs (yolks). 1 cup milk. 3 cups pastry flour. 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar. 3^ teaspoonful soda. Whites of 3 eggs

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