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Marble Cake

Light Part

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sweet milk
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon cream tartar
• whites of 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Dark Part

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon cream tartar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• yolks of 4 eggs
• 1/2 tablespoon of ground cloves
• 1/2 tablespoon of allspice
• 1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon
• 1/2 tablespoon of nutmeg

Instructions

When both parts are ready, drop a spoon of light and then one of dark in the pan.

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Notes

Attributed to Mrs. C. H. Williams and Mrs. Elizabeth McCurdy.

Source

Recipes Tried and True (1894)

Categories

Marble Cakes.