MARBLE CAKE

Light part : White sugar one and a half cups, butter half cup, sweet milk half a cup, soda half a teaspoonful, cream of tartar one teaspoon- ful, whites of four eggs, flour two and a half cups ; beat the eggs with the sugar, leaving the butter to soften by the fire ; then stir it in ; put your soda and cream of tartar into the milk, stirring up and mixing all together ; then sift and stir in the flour.

Dark part : Brown sugar one cup, molasses half cup, butter half cup, sour milk half cup, soda half teaspoonful, cream of tartar one teaspoon- ful, flour two and a half cups, yolks of four eggs, cloves, allspice, cinna- mon and nutmeg, ground, of each half a tablespoonful ; beat and mix as directed. When each part is ready drop a spoonful of dark, then a spoonful of light over the bottom of the dish in which it is to be baked, and so proceed to fill up the pan. dropping the light upon the dark as you continue with the different layers.