Mother's Crumb Cake From the kitchen of Aunt Loretta

My mother made this cake a lot. With 5 children going to school and dad going to work, we all took lunches. I remember my mother making this after supper for the next day's lunches. She knew the recipe by heart and it was not written down. One day my mother became ill and I made the cake. Mom was lying down on the couch in the living room and I made the cake. I was in the kitchen baking the cake but I had to run back to the living room to get the directions. I wrote the recipe down as mom gave me the instructions as I ran back and forth between the kitchen and living room.

• 4 C. Flour
• 1 1/2 C Shortening
• 4 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 1/2 C. Sugar
• 1 tsp Salt

Mix with hands...

Reserve 1 cup of crumbs. To the remaining crumbs, add:

• 3 well beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 2 tsp vanilla.

Beat well. Grease and flour a jelly roll pan. Pour in batter. and sprinkle on reserved crumbs, dust lightly with ground cinnanon. Bake 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.