Marble Cake

Ingredients

• ^ cup butter
• J teaspoon cinnamon
• J teaspoon nutmeg
• I teaspoon salt
• 1| cups of flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon molasses

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter; add sugar, yolks of eggs beaten until thick, flour in which baking powder has been sifted, alternately with milk and egg whites, beaten until stiff.

2. 2

   To one third of this mixture add the spices.

3. 3

   Pour into pan the light and dark mixtures irregularly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

^ cup butter 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 4 egg yolks 4 egg whites 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon flavoring I teaspoon salt Follow directions for making Butter CakeJ and bake in a loaf in a moderate oven forty minutes, or in rounds twenty minutes. Currant Cake Add one cup currants to Simple Butter Cake. Bake in loaves or rounds. Layer Cake Bake Simple Butter Cake in four square shallow pans. Fill with lemon cream, cocoanut cream, chocolate cream, or lelly. Gold Cake I cup butter 4 teaspoons baking powder 1^ cups sugar 1^ cups milk 8 egg yolks ^ teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 teaspoon lemon extract, or 2^ cups flour 1 teaspoon orange extract Follow directions for Butter Cake, and bake in loaves or rounds. 252 lowney's cook book Silver Cake f cup butter \ teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar \ cup milk 2 cups pastry flour 8 egg whites 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon almond extract Follow directions for mixing Butter Cake. Bake in loaves or rounds in a moderate oven. Nut Cake Add one cup chopped walnuts to Silver Cake mixture, and flavor with vanilla instead of almond. Orange Cake ♦ \ cup butter 1| cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 egg yolks \ cup milk \ teaspoon salt 2 egg whites 1 tablespoon orange extract Mix as Butter Cake, and bake in two-layer cake pans twenty minutes. Cool, fill with orange filling, and cover with orange frosting. Cream Pie Use rule for Orange Cake. Fill with cream filling, and sprinkle top with powdered sugar. Spice Cake ^ cup butter 2 cups flour 1^ cups brown sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon \ cup milk J teaspoon nutmeg \ teaspoon salt \ teaspoon clove Mix and sift dry ingredients, add butter, sugar, eggs, and milk, and beat until smooth. Bake in a moderate oven forty minutes. One cup chopped raisins, or one cup chopped dates may be added to this cake. CAKE AND cookies; FBOSTINGS AND FILLINGS 253 ^ cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 egg yolks ^ cup milk 2 egg whites Marble Cake J teaspoon cinnamon J teaspoon nutmeg I teaspoon salt 1| cups of flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon molasses

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