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Rhubarb Coffee Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Deb Quest

"'I adapted several coffee cake recipes to come up with this tender treat,' notes Deb Quest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It's so moist and yummy that even people who usually don't care for rhubarb (like me!) ask for seconds.'"
PREP TIME  15 Min
COOK TIME  40 Min
READY IN  55 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 18 servings
    
About  scaling  and  conversions

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 cups diced fresh or frozen rhubarb, thawed
  • TOPPING:
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Beat in the egg. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in rhubarb. Pour into two greased 8-in. square baking dishes.
  2. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks. May be frozen for up to 6 months.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 2, 2008 by PBRULLA
This recipe is a no-brainer with a lot of flexibility. I've used it several times, adding this or that extra fruit (like plums--whatever's in season), adding a little pumpkin, substituting tofu for the egg (as a binding ingredient), yogurt for the sour cream, apple sauce for part of the shortening, oil for shortening etc. My co-workers like it. I just need to be sure to adjust the sugar accordingly, too. Make the recipe right the first time, and then you'll have a pretty good idea about what the batter's thickness is supposed to be. The next time, you can tweak this and that and add more flour if the batter is too thin.

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