MARBLED SPICE CAKE

5. Marbled Spice Cake

Attractive, delicious cake. Made so quick and easy—without creaming or long, hard beating—thanks to Spry’s new blendability.

Dry Ingredients
2 cups sifted cake flour[5]
1-1/3 cups sugar
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder (with a tartrate powder, use 4 teaspoons)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Spry
Liquid Ingredients
3/4 cup milk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs, unbeaten
Spices for 1/2 of Batter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

SIFT flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl.... DROP in Spry.... ADD about 2/3 of milk, then vanilla, and beat 150 strokes.... SCRAPE bowl and spoon often throughout entire mixing.... ADD eggs and beat 250 strokes.... ADD remaining milk and beat 50 strokes.... DIVIDE batter in half.... ADD spices to 1/2 of batter and blend.... DROP batter alternately by tablespoonfuls into 10 × 10 × 2-inch Spry-coated pan. RUN spatula through batter several times to marble.... BAKE in moderately hot oven (375° F.) 35-45 minutes.... FROST top of cake with Minute Penuche Frosting.