Marble Cake

Ingredients

• 6 ozs. sugar
• £ lb. butter
• ^ lb. flour
• Whites of 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• 6 drops essence of lemon
• Pinch of salt
• About 1 gill buttermilk
• 4 ozs. dark sugar
• 2 ozs. butter
• 6 ozs. flour
• 2 ozs. grated chocolate
• Yolks of 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• About 1 gill buttermilk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add half of flour and salt, stir in whites of eggs well beaten, then the rest of the flour, powder, and lemon.

2. 2

   Mix with the milk.

3. 3

   Beat butter, sugar, and eggs till light, add flour and milk gradually; beat till smooth, add chocolate, vanilla essence, and powder.

4. 4

   Butter and paper a cake tin, put in alternate layers of white and brown mixture till all is used up, and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

£ lb. butter. | lbs. of moist sugar (Barbadoes). £ lb. raisins. 2 tablespoonfuls of Boniviete’s baking powder. 3 eggs- . Some milk and a little treacle, Rub butter into flour and mix in the other dry ingredients, whisk the eggs, and add with sufficient milk to moisten the mixture, which must not be too stiff. When treacle is added mix it with a little of the milk. Rady Lamington, Lamington House. 159 PLAIN LUNCH CAKE. i lb. flour. J lb. butter, i lb. moist sugar, i teaspoonful soda. i lb. Sultana raisins. * lb. candied peel or currants. 1 e?g- £ pint sweet milk. Rub butter among flour. Add other ingredients, and mix well. Pour into a prepared cake tin and bake at once. Miss Barnett, Crosshill. LUNCH CAKE. i lb. flour, dried and sifted. I lb. butter. \ lb. sugar, s lb. raisins. \ lb. currants. 4 eggs. 2 ozs. each of lemon, citron, and orange peel. A little allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. £ teacupful milk, i teaspoonful soda. Rub butter and flour into crumbs, add sugar, fruit, and seasoning, then milk and eggs well whisked. Fire in a moderate oven. Time, 2 to 2J hours. L. A. MARBLE CAKE. 6 ozs. sugar \ lb. butter ^ lb. flour Whites of 4 eggs Light Part. 1 teaspoonful baking powder 6 drops essence of lemon Pinch of salt About 1 gill buttermilk Cream butter and sugar, add half of flour and salt, stir in whites of eggs well beaten, then the rest of the flour, powder, and lemon. Mix with the milk. Dark Part. 4 ozs. dark sugar 2 ozs. butter 6 ozs. flour 2 ozs. grated chocolate Yolks of 4 eggs 1 teaspoonful vanilla

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