Marble Cake

Ingredients

• one cup white pulverized sugar
• one-half cup butter
• one-half cup sweet milk
• whites of four eggs
• two and one-half cups flour
• two heaping teaspoons baking powder
• one teaspoon cream tartar
• one-half teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Stir butter and sugar together to a cream, beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth, and add last with flour containing baking powder.

2. 2

   Season to taste.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one-half teaspoon soda, whites of two eggs ; flavor with bitter almond. LEMON CAKE. Lake Forest, 111. Three cups of sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, five eggs, four cups flour ; stir the butter and sugar to a cream, beat the eggs separately, the whites to a stiff froth, and dissolve a little soda in the milk. Mix all together; sift the flour and put in by degrees, and add the juice and grated rind of a fresh lemon. This cake is delicious. LEMO^^ CAKE. Mrs. H. B. Hurd. Five cups flour, one cup butter, three cups sugar, one cup cream, five eggs, one teaspoon saleratus and the peel and juice of two lemons. SPICE CAKE. Mrs. A. T. Hall Two cups of sugar, two cups butter, six cups flour, one 340 THE HOME COOK BOOK. cup molasses, one cup milk, six eggs, one glass brandy, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, two tea- spoons cloves, one nutmeg, two pounds raisins. SPICE CAKE. Mrs. J. C. Mooar. One and one-half cups sugar, two-thirds cup butter, one cup raisins, two-thirds cup sweet milk, three cups flour, two eggs, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half tea- spoon soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves to suit taste. CURRANT CAKE. Fanny L., Evanston. One and one-half pounds flour, one pound sugar, three- fourths pound butter, seven eggs, one gill milk, one-half teaspoon saleratus, one pound currants. POOR MAN'S CAKE. Fanny L. Two cups raised dough, one egg, one-half cup molasses, one cup sugar, butter size of an egg, one teaspoon soda; one cup raisins, flour to stiffen. CLOVE CAKE. Mrs. H. P. Merriman. Four and one-half coflee cups of sifted flour* three cups sugar, one and one-half cups butter, one teacup cream or milk, one teaspoon saleratus, four eggs, one tablespoon cloves, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon nutmeg, one pound fruit and citron. VALUABLE EECIPES. 341 COFFEE CAKE. Mrs. E. S. Chesebrough. One cup butter, one of sugar, one of molasses, one of strong coffee, five of flour, one pound of raisins, one tea- spoon of soda, one of cinnamon, one of allspice, one- half a nutmeg, three eggs (it can be made with one or two). Sift the soda in molasses. Excellent. PUFF CAKE. Mrs. A. M. Lewis. One cup brown sugar, one-half of butter, two eggs, one-half cup sweet milk, two of Graham flour (sifted), one-half teaspoon soda, one of cream tartar, or two tea- spoons of baking powder, one cup of raisins. MARBLE CAKE. Mrs. J. Gilbert, Evanston. White Part. — One cup white pulverized sugar, one- half cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, whites of four eggs, two and one-half cups flour, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, or one teaspoon cream tartar and one- half teaspoon soda. Stir butter and sugar together to a cream, and beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth, which are to be added the last of all ingredients, with the half cup of flour, which must contain the baking powder well mixed in the flour ; season to taste. This is a very good recipe for delicate cake also. Dark Part. — One cup brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup sour milk, two and one-half cups flour, one level teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk and 342 THE HOME COOK BOOK. in the molasses, yolks of four eggs and one-half cup but- ter, to be rubbed well together with the sugar ; add one- half teaspoon cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Either of these make good cake used separately, or well mixed to represent marble. CHOCOLATE CAKE. C. A. Tinkham. One cup butter, two of sugar, five eggs (leaving out the whites of two), one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half of soda, both dissolved in the milk, three and one-half cups of flour, scant measure. For frosting : Take the whites of the two eggs, one and one-half cups of powdered sugar, six large tablespoons grated chocolate, two teaspoons vanilla ; frost while the cake is hot. COCHINEAL MARBLE CAKE. Mrs. Anna Yocum, Cairo, 111. One cup butter, three cups pulverized sugar, five cups flour, one cup water, ten eggs (wliites only), three tea- spoons yeast powder sifted with flour; cream the butter and sugar by stirring together; beat the whites of the eggs to a froth, and gradually add all together. Before beginning the cake, put a small teaspoon of cochineal to soak in two tablespoons of hot water; bruise it with a spoon, and strain through a piece of Swiss muslin into three-fourths teacup of the cake batter, and as you pour the batter into the cake tin, marble with the red dough. A little practice will produce very satisfactory results. VALUABLE RECIPES. 343 MAEBLE CAKE. Mrs. Frances M. Thatcher. One-half cup sour cream, one-half cup butter

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