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easy springtime rhubarb cake

Easy Spring Rhubarb Snack Cake With Cinnamon Sugar Topping

Amber Bondar
This easy spring rhubarb snack cake with brown sugar cinnamon topping is a yearly favorite in our home. The large cake is baked in a nine-by-thirteen pan and makes a great warm or chilled cake. Enjoy it all spring and summer long or make it all year long with frozen rhubarb!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Servings 12

Equipment

  • 1 Large Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Medium Mixing Bowl
  • 2 Small Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Tablespoon
  • 1 Teaspoon
  • 2 Measuring Cups
  • 1 9x13 Baking Dish

Ingredients
  

Rhubarb Cake Batter:

  • ½ Cup Neutral Oil Vegetable or Canola
  • 1½ Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Lrg Egg
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla
  • 2 Cups Rhubarb Cut Into ½" Pieces
  • 2 Tbsp Flour
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking Soda
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Sour Milk Add 1 Tbsp White Vinegar To Regular Milk

Cinnamon Brown Sugar Topping

  • ¼ Cup Butter Softened
  • 1 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tsp Cinnamon

Instructions
 

Rhubarb Cake Batter

  • In a medium mixing bowl measure the two cups flours, baking soda, and salt. Mix together and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl add the oil and brown sugar. Mix well.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla. Blend until light and airy.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
  • Slowly add the sour milk into the mixture while blending it together.
  • Mix until there are no lumps remaining.
  • In a small bowl add the rhubarb and two tablespoons of flour. Toss to coat.
  • Add the floured rhubarb to the cake batter.
  • In a prepared nine-by-thirteen baking dish add the cake batter spreading out evenly.

Cinnamon Brown Sugar Topping

  • In a small mixing bowl measure the cinnamon, softened butter, and brown sugar.
  • Mix the ingredients together until well blended.

Adding The Topping

  • Drop the brown sugar topping in small drops across the surface of the cake batter.
  • Continue dropping until all the brown sugar topping has been used.

Baking The Cake.

  • Bake the rhubarb cake in a preheated 350℉ oven for 45 minutes or until cake tests for doneness.
  • Remove baked cake from oven and allow to cool on wire rack in pan.
Keyword easy baking recipe, rhubarb, snack cake, sweet dessert
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