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Rhubarb Cake

Brown sugar cake with a cup and a half of rhubarb folded in, sprinkled with sugar and nuts before baking.

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Glenda uses more cinnamon than the recipe calls for.

Cook
40 min
Source
Cheri Johnson - Glenda Stock - Deb Topp

Before you start: The topping lists 1 teaspoon of nuts, which is far too little to cover a 9x13 — use about 1/2 cup of chopped nuts with the sugar.

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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups chopped rhubarb
  • Topping:
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon nuts

Directions

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add egg, vanilla.
  3. Add dry ingredients and blend.
  4. Stir in rhubarb; plop batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan.
  5. For the topping: combine sugar and nuts and sprinkle on top.
  6. Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

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