Marble Cake Supreme
Reading edition
Oven temperature: 375°F. (moderately hot) Baking time: 60-70 min. Yield: 1 large tube cake
Sift ...2¾ cups sifted cake flour, 1¾ cups sugar, 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder[3], 1½ teaspoons salt into mixing bowl
Add ...1 cup Homogenized Spry, ¾ cup milk, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1 unbeaten egg
Beat ...200 strokes (2 min. by hand or on mixer at low speed). Scrape bowl and spoon or beater.
Add ...2 unbeaten eggs, 1 unbeaten egg yolk
Beat ...200 strokes (same as above)
Put ...⅓ of batter in a smaller mixing bowl
Add ...¾ teaspoon cinnamon, ¹/₁₆ teaspoon cloves, ⅜ teaspoon allspice, ⅜ teaspoon nutmeg, ¾ tablespoon cocoa to ⅓ of batter
Spoon ...both batters alternately by tablespoonfuls into Spry-coated 8½″ tube pan
Run ...spatula through batters several times to marble
Bake ...until cake tests done
Cool ...and remove from pans, see inside back cover.
Spread ...Lemon cream Icing (p. 12) on sides and top.
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