Vintage Marble Cake

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• FOR THE MARBLING:
• 1 1/2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
• 4 egg whites

Directions

Makes 12 servings.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of a tube pan and set aside.

Resift cake flour with baking powder and salt. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Combine milk and vanilla. Add sifted flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the milk combination. Stir the batter until smooth after each addition.

Divide the batter into 2 equal portions. Add the melted chocolate, baking soda and cinnamon and cloves to one half. Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold half into each portion of batter. Place large spoonfuls of batter in the prepared pan, alternating light and dark. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until cake tests done.