Light Part

1 1/2 cups white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, whites of 4 eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour into which sift 1 teaspoon cream tartar and 1/2 teaspoon soda.

Dark Part

1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour milk, yolks of 4 eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour into which has been sifted 1 teaspoon cream tartar and 1/2 teaspoon soda, and 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg. Drop into cake pan in alternate spoonfuls.

Marble Cake

Cream 3/4 cup butter with 1 1/2 cups sugar. Add 1 cup milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and whites of 5 eggs. Sift flour with baking powder adding alternately with eggs. Flavoring. To make the marble, divide the batter into 3 parts. To one part add a tablespoon ground chocolate; to the second, a few drops of fruit coloring, leaving the last white. Place alternately by spoonfuls in baking pan.

Marbled Chocolate Cake

One-half cup butter, and 1 cup sugar beaten to a cream, 1/2 cup sweet milk (cream is better), 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and whites of 4 eggs, added last. Take 1 cup of this mixture, add to it 5 tablespoons grated chocolate, wet with milk and flavored with vanilla. Put a layer of white batter in cake pan; drop the chocolate batter with a spoon in spots; add the remainder of the white batter and bake. Use chocolate icing.

Marble Cake

Light part: 1 1/2 cups white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream tartar and whites of 4 eggs well beaten and added last.

Dark part: 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour milk, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, yolks of 4 eggs and 2 1/2 cups flour. 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.