Nannie's Marble Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 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

Recipe

• 1 cream together the 3/4 pounds of butter and sugar, mix well.
• 2 add 6 egg yolks, and vanilla and beat well.
• 3 add grated lemon rind and beat.
• 4 add flour sifted with 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder.
• 5 beat 6 egg whites until stiff and fold into the above mixture. reserve 2 cups of this mixture to make the chocolate mixture.
• 6 chocolate mixture:.
• 7 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.
• 8 grease bundt pan well add batter then chocolate batter alternately until the pan is over 1/2 full.
• 9 bake at 325 on lowest rack in the oven for 1 hour until brown.
• 10 when cooled you can frost to your liking or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 11 we ate it as is and it was wonderful.