1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon cloves

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Cream the butter or other shortening, if butter is not used, with a spoon. Gradually add the sugar, beating with a large spoon or whisk.

When the mixture is light and creamy, add the egg yolk which has been beaten until it is a light lemon color. Sift the flour, soda and spices together and add them alternately with the milk. Then fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.

Bake in a greased muffin pan for twenty minutes until a toothpick inserted in center of a cup cake comes out nearly (not quite) clean.

Submitted by: CM