Marble Cake

Ingredients

• Yolks three eggs
• one-half cup butter
• one cup brown sugar
• one tablespoon molasses
• one-half cup sour milk
• one teaspoon soda
• one and one-third cups flour
• one cup raisins
• one cup currants
• three tablespoons grated chocolate

Method

1. 1

   Dark part: Mix yolks three eggs, one-half cup butter, one cup brown sugar, one tablespoon molasses, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one and one-third cups flour, spices to taste and one cup raisins and currants, or leave out spices and fruit and use three tablespoons grated chocolate.

2. 2

   Light part: Mix whites three eggs, one-half cup corn starch, one cup white sugar, one-half cup each sweet milk and butter, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder.

3. 3

   Alternate the light and dark parts by spoonfuls or layers, or both, in tin before baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Marble Cake. — Dark part: Yolks three eggs, one-half cup butter, one cup brown sugar, one tablespoon molasses, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one and one-third cups fiour, spices to taste and one cup raisins and currants, or leave out spices and frui( and use three tablespoons grated chocolate

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.