Grandma's Rhubarb Cake

This is a recipe I found in my grandmother's recipe file.  Although I don't particularly remember her making it, my mom asked me to look for it because it is a cake she remembers.  In the spring when our rhubarb was ready I decided to give this recipe a try.  It is so easy and so delicious!  And I actually think it tastes better the second day because the sugar and cinnamon topping has settled into the cake.  I freeze rhubarb every spring so I can make this cake in the winter.

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Grandma's Rhubarb Cake

by Jill {Dulce Dough} January-27-2011

My grandma's rhubarb cake recipe.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
• 1 1/2 cups raw rhubarb, cut small

Topping:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.2. Prepare 9x13 or 8x12 pan by spraying with cooking spray.3. Cream butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl.4. Add eggs and vanilla and stir.5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt.6. Alternately stir in the buttermilk and the flour mixture into the other ingredients.7. Fold in rhubarb.8. Pour into prepared pan.9. Combine sugar and cinnamon for topping and sprinkle on top of cake.10. Bake in 9x13 or 8x12 pan at 325°F for 40 minutes.

Details

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 55 mins Yield: 1 cake

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