Elsie Spurling's Rhubarb Cake

By Hklbrries

"Shortening" can mean butter or margarine.

Ingredients

• 2 cups or more cut up rhubarb
• 2 cups sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Mix rhubarb with 1/2 cup sugar. Cream shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar, add egg. Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mix alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla and rhubarb. Bake at 350 F in a greased and floured 9-by-13-inch pan, approximately 50 minutes.

Nutrition Information:
Per serving
205 calories
10 g fat (2.5 g saturated, 42 percent fat calories)
4 g protein
26 g carbohydrates
1 g fiber
24 mg cholesterol
82 mg sodium