Old-Fashioned Crumb Cake

Name: Old-Fashioned Crumb Cake
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 2 cups brown sugar; ½ cup shortening (butter, or margarine); 1 egg (beaten); 1 cup buttermilk; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. cream of tartar

A moist coffee cake that is enhanced when eaten with applesauce, peaches, or pears. It needs no icing.

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Ingredients

Instructions

Mix flour and brown sugar together.
Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
Take out 1 cup crumbs for topping.
Add to remaining crumbs the egg, buttermilk, soda, and cream of tartar, in that order.
Mix well after each addition.
Pour into a greased 9” x 13” baking pan.
Sprinkle reserved cup of crumbs over top.
Bake at 375° for 25–35 minutes.

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Course; Cake

Cuisine; Amish