BUTTERY CINNAMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and lightly flour one 10 inch fluted tube pan.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, 1 tsp.
• ground cinnamon and salt.
• Beat shortening until light and fluffy.
• Add 1 1/3 cups white sugar, and 1 1/2 tsp.
• vanilla.
• Continue beating until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time beating for at least 1 minute after each egg.
• Add flour mixture and milk alternately to egg mixture, beating after each addition.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out.
• After removing cake from pan and while it is still warm poke holes around the top of the cake with a fork.
• Pour the warm cinnamon syrup into the holes and onto the top and sides of the cake.
• Sprinkle with confections sugar.
• To make cinnamon syrup: In a saucepan combine 1/2 cup white sugar, the butter, water, 1 tsp.
• vanilla and 3/4 tsp.
• ground cinnamon.
• Heat and stir until butter melts.
• Do not boil!
• Pour syrup over cake while it and the cake are still warm.