Marble Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Cake flour | 2 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), sifted (Dark part:) | |
| Baking soda | 1 1/2 Teaspoon (Dark part:) | |
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon (Dark part:) | |
| Powdered cinnamon | 1 1/2 Teaspoon (Dark part:) | |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered cloves | ||
| 3/4 cup butter, margarine or shortening | ||
| Brown sugar | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs), firmly packed (Dark part:) | |
| Egg yolks | 3 , Well beaten (Dark part:) | |
| Molasses | 3 Tablespoon (Dark part:) | |
| 3/4 cup sour milk or buttermilk | ||
| Cake flour | 2 Cup (16 tbs), sifted (Light part:) | |
| Baking powder | 3 Teaspoon (Light part:) | |
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon (Light part:) | |
| 1/3 cup butter, margarine or shortening | ||
| Sugar | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) (Light part:) | |
| Milk | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) (Light part:) | |
| Egg whites | 3 (Light part:) | |
Directions
1. Start oven, set at Moderate, 325° F. Rub a 9-inch tube pan generously with margarine or shortening.
2. Dark part: Sift the flour, soda, salt and spices together 3 times.
3. Cream the butter, margarine or shortening until soft; gradually add the brown sugar, beating until creamy and light; add the egg yolks and the molasses and beat thoroughly.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour milk or buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
5. Light part: Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt. Cream the butter, margarine or shortening until soft; gradually add 1/2 cup of the sugar, beating until creamy and light.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition.
7. Whip the egg whites stiff and gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat thoroughly; fold into the batter. Drop alternate spoonfuls of dark and light batter into the pan to form a marbled effect. Bake about 1 hour, or until delicately browned on top. Let the cake cool in the pan about 10 minutes; then loosen the sides and around the tube with a sharp knife and turn the cake out onto the cake rack to cool thoroughly.
2. Dark part: Sift the flour, soda, salt and spices together 3 times.
3. Cream the butter, margarine or shortening until soft; gradually add the brown sugar, beating until creamy and light; add the egg yolks and the molasses and beat thoroughly.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour milk or buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
5. Light part: Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt. Cream the butter, margarine or shortening until soft; gradually add 1/2 cup of the sugar, beating until creamy and light.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition.
7. Whip the egg whites stiff and gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat thoroughly; fold into the batter. Drop alternate spoonfuls of dark and light batter into the pan to form a marbled effect. Bake about 1 hour, or until delicately browned on top. Let the cake cool in the pan about 10 minutes; then loosen the sides and around the tube with a sharp knife and turn the cake out onto the cake rack to cool thoroughly.
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