Dessert
Marble cake
A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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- White Part: With two and one-half cupfuls of flour sift two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
- Cream one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of white sugar.
- Add one-half cupful of sweet milk and the sifted flour.
- Then the whites of four eggs beaten stiff and a teaspoonful of vanilla.
- Dark Part: Stir until perfectly smooth and creamy one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of brown sugar.
- Add to this the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, one-half cupful of cooking molasses, one-half cupful of sour milk.
- Sift with one and a half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful, each, of cloves, cinnamon, mace and grated nutmeg.
- Stir in part of the flour mixture.
- Then add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk, and the rest of the flour.
- Butter well the cake pan and drop in a spoonful of each kind, trying to drop the mixture so as to give the appearance of marble.
Historical transcription
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White Part: With two and one-half cupfuls of flour sift two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Cream one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of white sugar. Add one-half cupful of sweet milk and the sifted flour. Then the whites of four eggs beaten stiff and a teaspoonful of vanilla.
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Dark Part: Stir until perfectly smooth and creamy one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of brown sugar. Add to this the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, one-half cupful of cooking molasses, one-half cupful of sour milk. Sift with one and a half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful, each, of cloves, cinnamon, mace and grated nutmeg. Stir in part of the flour mixture. Then add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk, and the rest of the flour. Butter well the cake pan and drop in a spoonful of each kind, trying to drop the mixture so as to give the appearance of marble.
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