Lemon Molasses Marble Cake Food

LEMON GINGER MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch round baking pan, line with parchment paper, then grease and flour the pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula. Add the eggs, one at a time, the molasses, and the 2 teaspoons of lemon zest and mix until combined. (The batter may look curdled.)
• Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, scraping down the sides. Mix until smooth. With a rubber spatula, fold in the 1/3 cup of crystallized ginger.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick just comes out clean. Don¿t overbake it! Cool in the pan for 30 minutes, turn out onto a baking rack, and cool completely. Spread the top with whipped cream and sprinkle with crystallized ginger and grated lemon zest.
• Place the cream, confectioners' sugar, granulated sugar, creme fraiche, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed, until it forms soft peaks. Serve cold.

NANNIE'S MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

MARBLE MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease loaf pan.
• Cream butter in mixer.
• Add sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add beaten eggs and continue to cream.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt in separate bowl.
• Add flour mixture alternately with milk to butter mixture.
• Remove 2/3 of batter from bowl.
• Add spices and molasses to remaining 1/3 of batter and beat well.
• Alternate light and dark batters in greased loaf pan.
• Bake for one hour.

LEMON MOLASSES MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F. Butter and flour a 9 to 10 inch bundt pan or tube pan and set aside.
• To make the molasses batter, cream together the butter and brown sugar until very light. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time; beat in the molasses. Sift the dry ingredients together and add the batter alternately with the yoghurt, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Do NOT over mix.
• To make the lemon batter, cream together the butter and the sugar and lemon zest until very light. Add the lemon extract. sift the dry ingredients together and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the yoghurt beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Do NOT overmix. Beat the egg whites with the salt until nearly stiff. Fold about 1/4 of them into the batter to lighten it, then gently fold in the remainder.
• Drop 3 or 4 large dollops of the lemon batter into the prepared cake pan. Top with 3 or 4 dollops of molasses batter. continue layering batters until all is used up. Gently rap the pan once against the countertop to settle the batters. With a butter knife, swirl the batters together a few times without over-doing it.
• Bake until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes. Loosen the cake from the pan and unmold onto the rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar before serving. A lemon glaze is also nice on this.