Submitted by:  Colleen and Jeff Prentiss                       

Original recipe of:  Mrs. Kenneth (Marge) Trihus

1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/3 cup rhubarb (cut fine)
Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 13x9x2 inch pan.  In large mixer bowl, cream brown sugar and shortening, add eggs.  Stir in vanilla.  Combine dry ingredients; add alternately to sugar mixture with buttermilk.  Fold in rhubarb.  Pour into pan.  Mix 1/2 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon.  Sprinkle on top of cake batter before baking.  Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

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