Marble Cake

Ingredients

• one and one-half cupfuls of sugar
• one-half cupful of butter
• one cupful of sweet milk
• one teaspoonful of cream tartar
• one-half teaspoonful of soda
• two cupfuls of flour
• the well-beaten whites of four eggs
• one cupful of brown sugar
• one-half cupful of molasses
• one-half cupful of soft butter
• the beaten yolks of four eggs
• one-half cupful of milk
• one teaspoonful of cream tartar
• one-half teaspoonful of soda
• two of cinnamon
• grate in half a nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the white part by mixing sugar, butter, milk, cream tartar, soda, flour, and egg whites.

2. 2

   For the dark part, mix brown sugar, molasses, butter, egg yolks, milk, cream tartar, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour.

3. 3

   Alternate spoonfuls of both mixtures in a lined baking pan and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Marble Cake. White Part: Stir together one and one-half cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of butter; then add one cupful of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, and two cupfuls of Cakes 127 flour; last of all, stir in the well-beaten whites of four eggs. Dark Part : Stir together one cupful of brown sugar, one-half cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of soft butter, the beaten yolks of four eggs, one-half cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, two of cinnamon, and grate in half a nutmeg; then stir in two cupfuls of flour

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