Grandma Wascher's Rhubarb Coffee Cake
½ cup shortening 
1 ½ cup brown sugar 
1 cup buttermilk 
2 cups chopped rhubarb 
1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 
2 cups flour 
1 teaspoon baking powder 
1/8 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients together in a mixing bowl, beating well. Pour into greased 
and floured 9x13-inch baking pan. Topping: ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon
 Mix well in small bowl. Sprinkle batter with cinnamon/sugar topping. 
Bake at 350º for 45 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.