P. Marilyn Cline Long's Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

Mix together 1/2 cup shortening and 1 cup of sugar. Add 2 eggs and mix. Then add the following and mix: 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Then add 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk (can be replaced with 1 cup of milk with 1 teaspoon cider vinegar) and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix it all together and you have "the batter".

The following ingredients, when put together, constitute "the topping": 1/3 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup of white sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 cup of chopped nuts.

Now, grease a 9x13 pan and place 1/3 of "the batter" in the base of the pan. Then sprinkle 1/2 of "the topping" on top of "the batter". Now put most of the rest of "the batter" in, followed by the remaining "topping". Finally put the last little bit of "batter" on the very top. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes, and within 35 minutes your mouth will be watering from the wonderful smells coming from the kitchen.