Nannie'S Marble Cake
- 3/4 lb butter
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 6 eggs, seperated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon rind
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- Cream together the 3/4 pounds of butter and sugar, mix well.
- Add 6 egg yolks, and vanilla and beat well.
- Add grated lemon rind and beat.
- Add flour sifted with 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder.
- Beat 6 egg whites until stiff and fold into the above mixture. Reserve 2 cups of this mixture to make the chocolate mixture.
- Chocolate mixture:
- In bowl Combine 2 Tablespoons sugar, 3 heaping teaspoons cocoa, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 2 heaping tablespoons of sour cream, and 2 cups of the above batter to make the chocolate mixture.
- Grease bundt pan well add white batter then chocolate batter alternately until the pan is over 1/2 full.
- Bake at 325 on lowest rack in the oven for 1 hour until brown.
- When cooled you can frost to your liking or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- We ate it as is and it was wonderful.
butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon rind, allpurpose, baking powder, sugar, baking cocoa, baking powder, sour cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/nannies-marble-cake-129585 (may not work)