Marble Cake

Original Ingredients

• White Part: Whites of four eggs, one cup of white sugar, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla or lemon, two and a half cups of sifted flour
• Dark Part: Yolks of four eggs, one cup of brown sugar, half a cup of cooking molasses, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of mace, one nutmeg grated, one teaspoonful of soda (dissolved in a little milk), one and a half cups of sifted flour

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Make white part with listed ingredients

2. 2

   Make dark part with listed ingredients, dissolving the soda in a little milk and adding after part of the flour is stirred in

3. 3

   Drop a spoonful of each kind in a well-buttered cake-dish, first the light part, then the dark, alternately

4. 4

   Drop it so that the cake shall be well-streaked through, so that it has the appearance of marble