Marble Cake (American)

Ingredients

• Beat 4oz. of butter
• 12oz. of sugar
• a gill of water
• 4oz. of flour
• the whites of four eggs
• the strained juice and the grated rind of a lemon
• cream 2oz. of butter
• lib. brown sugar
• the yolks of four eggs
• a gill of water
• 6oz. of flour
• 2oz. of melted chocolate
• a teaspoonful of essence of vanilla
• a teaspoonful of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar, mix in water and flour, add beaten egg whites, then more flour and lemon juice/rind.

2. 2

   For the dark mixture, cream butter and brown sugar, add yolks, water, flour, melted chocolate, and vanilla.

3. 3

   Add baking powder to each part, layer in a well-buttered cake tin, and bake in a moderate oven for 45-60 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Marble Cake (American). — Beat 4oz. of butter to a cream with 12oz. of sugar, then mix in a gill of water and 4<oz. of flour ; when this is all well mixed, add the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth, then 4oz. more of flour, and, lastly, the strained juice and the grated rind of a lemon, and set it aside while you make the dark mixture. For this, cream 2oz. of butter with lib. brown sugar, add, one by one, the yolks of four eggs, until this is all very light ; then add a gill of water and 6oz. of flour, and beat it all together till quite smooth, when you add 2oz. of melted chocolate, and a teaspoonful of essence of vanilla. Now add a teaspoonful of baking powder

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