Harlequin Cake

Ingredients

• Two cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 cup of butter
• 3 cups of flour
• 3 eggs
• 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix and divide dough into 4 equal parts.

2. 2

   Have cakes baked in round jelly tins.

3. 3

   Cover 1 cake with 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted.

4. 4

   Color 1 cake pink with fruit coloring or cochineal and when all are cooked place a white cake, then chocolate cake, another white cake and the pink cake on top.

5. 5

   Spread each layer with lemon jelly and cover top with white icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Two cups granulated sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of new milk, 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of soda, 3^ cups of flour, whites of 8 eggs. These ingredients are used for white part of cake. One cup red sugar, % cup butter, 1-3 cup sweet milk, 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, % teaspoon of soda, whites of 4 eggs and 1 cup seeded raisins. These ingredients are used for red part of cake. Mix dough, put a layer of the white at bottom of pan, all red dough in the middle, rest of white dough around the sides and on top. Bake in a moderate oven. Silver Cake. Two coffee cups granulated sugar, 4 cups sifted flour, 2-3 cup butter, 1 cup of milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, whites of 6 eggs. Cream butter and sugar, milk, flour and beaten whites alternately, sift powder into dough, add vanilla. Mix and put in a greased mold or bake in jelly tins. 238 KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. Harlequin Cake. Tt^to cups granulated sugar, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of butter, 3 cups of flour, 3 eggs, 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder

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