4
cups all purpose flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
2/3
cup solid shortening
½
teaspoon salt
2½
cups granulated sugar
2
large eggs, slightly beaten
1½
cups Buttermilk
1
teaspoon baking soda
1
cup light brown sugar
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat
oven to 350*
Grease
and flour (3) 8-inch cake pans.
In a large bowl, blend together flour, baking
powder, shortening, salt and sugar. Remove 1 cup of this mixture for future use;
set aside. In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, buttermilk and baking soda
together, and then add the remaining flour mixture, stirring thoroughly.
It will be slightly lumpy. Add
brown sugar, and cinnamon to the flour mixture that you had set aside. Pour the
batter mixture into the prepared cake pans. Sprinkle topping equally on top of
batter of all 3 pans.
Bake for 35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted
in center comes out clean.