Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar (divided)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 cups (1-inch-thick) sliced rhubarb (about 1 pound)
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar (optional)
- Place butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add 2/3 cup granulated sugar; beat until well blended. Add vanilla and egg, beat well, then add milk.
- Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Beat into butter mixture until smooth.
- Combine rhubarb and remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spoon batter over rhubarb mixture.
- Bake in preheated 350° oven 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream if desired.
The notes on the recipe said:
If fresh rhubarb isn't available, make it with frozen rhubarb, thawed and well drained. The cake is good either way, although it's moister and more pudding-like with fresh.
The original recipe called for mixing 2/3 cup sugar with the rhubarb, but I cut that in half because I believe you should be able to taste the tartness of the rhubarb. I love the burst of tart flavor from the rhubarb balanced against the sweetness of the cake. I hate that most recipes want to hide that tartness with so much sugar! If you're looking for sweet, then I think you should try something else, because rhubarb is tart, and that's what makes it special!
many recipes in the world that there is just no excuse for using one twice if it's not something you really enjoy. Now, whether the rest of the family enjoys them or not is another story, but I try to add special notes about who likes what. 
