Old-Fashioned Marble Cake Recipe
This old fashioned marble cake recipe has been in the family for generations. Made with alternating layers of light and dark cake batter, the old fashioned marble cake achieves, the contrasting colors with molasses and sweet milk and cream of tartar in the alternating layers. baked well, the marble cake is a sure shot pleaser.
Ingredients
Light part:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 cup sweet milk
4 egg whites
Dark Part:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses or maple syrup
4 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tbs. each of cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg
1/2 cup sour milk
Directions
Cream butter, add sugar and cream together.
Measure sifted flour and sift again with soda and cream of tartar.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
Beat well and fold in beaten egg whites.
Cream butter, add sugar and molasses or maple syrup and continue creaming.
Add egg yolks and beat well.
Measure sifted flour and sift again with soda, cream of tartar and spices.
Add alternately with sour milk to first mixture.
Beat well.
Drop alternate spoonfuls of light and dark batter and bake at 350 F.
Measure sifted flour and sift again with soda and cream of tartar.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
Beat well and fold in beaten egg whites.
Cream butter, add sugar and molasses or maple syrup and continue creaming.
Add egg yolks and beat well.
Measure sifted flour and sift again with soda, cream of tartar and spices.
Add alternately with sour milk to first mixture.
Beat well.
Drop alternate spoonfuls of light and dark batter and bake at 350 F.
