Rhubarb Cake I

Description

Delicious served warm with ice cream. If you don’t have buttermilk, you may substitute sour milk. Stir 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice together with 1 cup of milk and let stand for 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups rhubarb, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl
  2. cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.
  3. In another bowl
  4. sift together 2 cups flour
  5. soda
  6. and salt. Add sifted ingredients alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture.
  7. Toss rhubarb with 1 tablespoon flour
  8. and stir into batter. Spoon batter into buttered 9 x 13 inch pan
  9. and smooth the surface.
  10. Blend together 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  11. cinnamon
  12. and brown sugar; sprinkle evenly over batter.
  13. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes.

Servings: 18

Leave a Comment