Marble Cake
Recipe No. 60 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Cakes and Cookies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.
Recipe No. 60 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Cakes and Cookies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.
Directions
- Prepare ½ recipe for devil’s food cake and ½ recipe for plain or white cake. Drop small amounts of cake mixture into greased loaf pans, alternating dark and light mixtures. Bake as directed for devil’s food cake. Serve plain or frost with butter cream, marshmallow, or fudge frostings (recipes Nos. 90, 100, and 98).
Notes
— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 60, Cakes and Cookies. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.