Ribbon Cake

Original Recipe

This cake is made from the same recipe as marble cake, only make double the quantity of the white part, and divide it in one-half; put into it a very little cochineal. It will be a delicate pink. Bake in jelly-cake tins and lay first the white, then the dark, then the pink one on top of the others; put together with frosting between. It makes quite a fancy cake. Frost the top when cool.

Ingredients

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  • 1 very little cochineal
  • 1 delicate pink
  • 1 on top of the others
  • 1 fancy cake

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Instructions

  1. 1

    This cake is made from the same recipe as marble cake, only make double the quantity of the white part, and divide it in one-half; put into it a very little cochineal.

  2. 2

    It will be a delicate pink.

  3. 3

    Bake in jelly-cake tins and lay first the white, then the dark, then the pink one on top of the others; put together with frosting between.

  4. 4

    It makes quite a fancy cake.

  5. 5

    Frost the top when cool.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)