Marble Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sweet milk
• 1/4 teaspoonful cream tartar
• 1/4 teaspoonful soda
• whites of 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i teaspoonful cream tartar, yi teaspoonful soda, i tablespoon milk or 4 eggs and no wetting. BLLUS JELLY ROLL, No. 3. 3 eggs, I cup sugar, i cup flour, small teaspoonful cream tartar ; J4 teaspoofiful soda dissolved in 2 tablespoonfuls milk ; beat all well together. Bake in baker pan ; when baked spread with jelly and roll. I find it nice to turn the cake on paper, sprinkled with sugar. After the roll is cold cut a little ofl* of each end, and it is then ready for use. Mrs. G. W. Hathaway, East Machias, Me. GOLD CAKE. Yolks of 4 eggs or yolks of 3 and i whole egg, i cup sugar, J^ cup buttery-)^ cup milk, i teaspoonful cream tartar, y^ teaspoon- ful soda, 2 cups flour (scant) ; lemon and salt. Mrs. G. H. Foster. MRS. B.*S CAKE. 2 cups powdered sugar^ 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, i cup sweet milk, 3 cups pastry flour, J^ cup corn starch, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 2 teaspoonfuls lemon or vanilla. Mrs. W. H. Bowker, Brookline, Mass. CAKE. 21 A CHEAP WHITE CAKE. Cream yi cup of butter with i cup sugar, add whites of 2 eggs beaten to a stiff froth, J^ cup milk, i ^ cups flour, i teaspoonful cream tartar, J^ teaspoonful soda, and flavor. Mrs. S. F. Beverly. WALNUT CAKE. i^ cups sugar, the whites of 4 eggs well beaten, )4 cup butter, cream this together, then put in 2 J^ cups flour ; then add ^ cup sweet milk with i teaspoonful cream tartar, and y^ teaspoonful soda put in the milk, beat this well and last put in ^ pound walnuts, cut up with a knife. Mrs. Haiti e Gardner. ANNA'S BLUEBERRY CAKE. }^ cup butter, i cup sugar, 2 eggs, i cup milk, i teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar, ly^ cups flour, i pint blueberries, DRIED APPLE CAKE. 3 cups of dried or evaporated apples, soak over night in cold water, chop very fine and put over the fire with 3 cups of syrup, or molasses, and stew until soft, but not pulpy. When cold mix with them 3j^ cups of flour, i cup butter, 3 eggs, i cup sugar, i tea- spoon soda, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, salt and spice ; raisins and currants may be added if desired. Addie Gray, Wesley, Me. NICE ONE EGG CAKE. I cup sugar (scant), Yi cup shortening, ^3 cup water, i egg, 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar, i of soda, flour and flavor. SCRIPTURE CAKE. 1 cup of butter, Judges, v. 25 ; 2 cups of Sligar, J-remiah, \'i, 20; 3^ cups of sifted fljur, i Kings, iv. 22 ; 2 cups of raisins, i Samuel, xxx. 12 ; 2 cups of figs, i Samuel, xxx. 12 ; 1 up »f • 22 MACHIAS CQOK BOOK. mends, Genesis, Ixiii. 1 1 ; i cup of water, Genesis, xxiv. 20 ; 6 eggs, Isaiah, X. 14 ; a little salt, Leviticus, ii. 13; a large iron spoonful of honey, Exodus, xvi. 31 ; sweet spices to taste, 1 Kings, X. 2 ; one teaspoon of cream of tartar. Matt., xiii. 33 ; j4 teaspoon of soda. Matt , xiii. 33. DELICIOUS CAKE. 2 cups of sugar, i cup of butter, i cup of milk, 3 cups of flour, 3 eggs, I teaspoon of cream of tartar, J^ teaspoon of soda, salt. CHEAP ANGEL CAKE. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, beat to a cream. Dissolve i heap- ing teaspoonful of cream of tartar and ^ teaspoonful soda in ^ cup sweet milk, stir into the butter and sugar ; to i cup of flour add Ys cup corn starch, beat thoroughly, then add the whites of 4 6ggS) well beaten. ALMOND CAKE. 3 eggs (whites), 2 cups flour, i cup sugar, yi cup butter, J^ cup milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda. Almond. TEA CAKE. 4 eggs, 3 cups sugar, i cup butter (scant), i cup milk, 4 cups flour, a bit of soda not larger than a bean. Mrs. L. M. Bailey. BUTTERMILK CAKE. I cup buttermilk, i cup sugar, i cup raisins, 2 cups flour, y^ cup butter, spices, yi teaspoonful cloves, i teaspoonful cinnamon, i teaspoonful ginger. Don't use sour milk. ^ Mrs. I. W. Leighton. PUFF CAKE. 3 *ggs, 2 cups sugar, J^ cup butter, i cup milk, i teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, 3 cups flour. Flavor. Mrs. E. S. Robinson. CAKE. 23 BROWN SUGAR CAKE. I egg, J4 cup brown sugar, i cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoon- fuls cream tartar, i teaspoontul soda, 2 teaspoonfuls butter. SOUR CREAM CAKE. I cup sugar, i cup sour cream, ^ cup milk, ^ cup butter, i teaspoonful soda, nutmeg, 2^ cups flour. BROWNIE'S FOOD. First Part : i y^ cup brown sugar, J^ cup sweet milk, ^ cup grated chocolate ; boil and set away to cool. Second Part: ^ cup butter (scant), i cup brown sugar, ^ cup milk, 2 cups flour, i teaspoontul soda in flour, add the first part and i teaspoonful vanilla. Bake in layers. CREAM frosting FOR ABOVE. )4 cup good, sweet cream, i pound confectioners' sugar. Marie Kelly, Whitewater, Wis. CARAMEL CAKE. 1 cup sugar. J^ cup butter, ^ cup milk, i teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, 2 scant cups of flour. Bake in pie tins or in a thin sheet. FILLING FOR SAME. 2 cups sugar (scant), Yi cup milk, butter size of an egg ; boil 9 or 10 minutes, or until it hairs, then add small teaspoonful vanilla, beat until cool ; one layer of filling on top of cake. Mrs. W. E. McLellan, Westbrook, Me. MARSHALL CAKE. 2^ cups of sugar, i cup of butter, i cup of milk, 4 cups of flour, 4 ^S^Sy ^ teaspoonful soda, i teaspoonful of cream tartar. To ^ of this add : 2 tablespoonfuls of molasses, i cup of raisins, i cup currants, ^ lb. citron. Spice of all kinds. Wet 3rd sheet with the white of an egg, and place between the light ones. Mrs. G. W. Hathaway, East Machias, Me. 24 MACHIAS COOK BOOK. MARBLE CAKE, No. i. LIGHT PART. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, y^, cup sweet milk, whites of 5 eggs, I teaspoonful cream tartar, J^ teaspaoafjl soda, i^ cups flour. DARK PART. y^ cup sugar, ^ cup molasses, }4 cup butter, yolks of 3 eggs, 1^3 cups flo'jr, I teaspoonful cream tartar, )^ teaspoonful soda, teaspoonful all kinds spice. Eva Perry, Crawford, Me. MARBLE CAKE. WHITE PART. I Yq, cups white sugar, Yi cup butter, Y^ ^"P sweet milk, ^ teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, whites of 4 eggs, 2Y2 cups flour. DARK PART. I cup brown sugar, Y2. cup molasses, )4 cup butter, yolks of 4 eggs, Y^ c"P sour milk, Y^ teaspoonful soda, 2^ cups flour, tea- spoonful of all kinds of spice. WALNUT LAYER CAKE. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, creamed together ; then add, 2 well beaten eggs, ij^ cups flour, ^ cup milk with Y2 teaspoonful soda and I teaspoonful cream tartar. For ^ of this mixture add spice, and I teaspoonful molasses. FILLING FOR SAME. I egg, Yi cup milk, i tablespoonful butter, 3 heaping teaspoon- fuls flour, I cup sugar, mix this all together and cook on stove ; after taken from the stOve add ^ lb. chopped walnuts then spread between the layers. Hattie Gardner. TU^m FRUITTI CAKE. Y2 cup butter,

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