Marble Cake

Ingredients

• Whites of 4 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 14 cup butter
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon
• 214 cups sifted flour
• Yolks of 4 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 14 cup cooking molasses
• 14 cup butter
• 1 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon mace
• 1 nutmeg grated
• 1 teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Use these ingredients for white part, and lastly add 2.25 cups sifted flour.

2. 2

   For dark part, mix yolks of 4 eggs, brown sugar, cooking molasses, butter, sour milk, spices, and soda dissolved in milk.

3. 3

   Drop a spoonful of each in a well buttered cake dish, alternating light and dark.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Carbon County cook book (1926), page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Marble Cake. Whites of 4 eggs, 1 cup white sugar, 14 cup butter, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon. Use these ingredients for white part, and lastly add 214 cups sifted flour. Dark Part—Yolks of 4 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 14 cup cooking molasses, 14 cup butter, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon mace, 1 nutmeg grated, 1 teaspoon soda

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