Old Fashioned Breakfast Crumb Cakes

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 34 cups granulated sugar
• 12 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 34 cup butter or 34 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 14 cups thick sour milk
• cinnamon

1. Stir sugar, salt, cream of tartar and flour together; blend in shortening and mix like pie dough to make crumbs.
2. Mix well.
3. Keep aside 2 handsful of crumbs.
4. Add eggs& 1 cup milk alternately to first mixture.
5. Add soda to 1/4 cup milk, then add vanilla.
6. Beat well and place in greased and floured pie tins.
7. Fill 1/2 full and top with crumbs.
8. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
9. Use 3 7" pie tins.
10. Bake in 375 oven for about 20 minutes.
11. For variation, the juice of 1 lemon and grated rind may be added to mixture, then omit cinnamon.

flour, baking soda, sugar, cream of tartar, butter, salt, eggs, vanilla, sour milk, cinnamon

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-breakfast-crumb-cakes-91852 (may not work)