Wow, haven't had anything "rhubarb" for about 50 years except fond memories of those delicious rhubarb pies my mother used to make so I wanted to make this bread. I got the rhubarb from the produce dept and it was already sliced and I wonder if that was the problem. I followed the recipe except used low fat sour cream in place of the milk and did use cinnamon/nutmeg in the flour. I cut the rhubarb into small cubes and it made exactly 2 cups. I used 4 baby loaf pans and it took an hour to bake. The topping was as the recipe said and it didnt' sink into the bread as I added the nuts to the topping instead of in the bread mixture. Couldn't wait for this to finish baking. What a disappintment! There is no flavor to this bread. Its very moist and tastes good with butter on it but it has no particular flavor. I wonder if the rhubarb was old or what? Don't think I will make again, so sorry!

Reviewed On: Mar. 27, 2011

I am so reluctant to give this recipe less than the 5 stars but it was not exactly a CARROT CAKE! I made this for an Easter gathering of 20 people and couldn't wait for the kudos. After dessert was eaten no comments were made except that "you said this was carrot cake, where are the carrots"? Good question, although delicious, there simply wasn't any taste or evidence of the carrots - perhaps 3 cups of carrots and less pineapple, coconut, raisins, etc would have pleased my friends. Thanks for sharing!

Reviewed On: Apr. 13, 2010

I have to ask how those people who reviewed this recipe mixed up the batter - mine was so thick I couldn't have mixed it with a shovel - but since everything else was already to go, I proceeded.I added more eggnog, 2 more eggs, rum, enough of each so that it was mixable and more importantly pourable - it filled 4 small loaf pans and 2 tiny tube pans.Since I seem to be the only one who had this problem I wonder what the asterisk after the 2 3/4 cups of eggnog represents - nothing was noted on the recipe - perhaps that was the problem - I have also noted that other recipes that have an asterisk after an ingredient do not give an explanation....the breads just came out of the oven after only 30 minutes and they look absolutely beautiful but taste absolutely awful - dry and totally tasteless - what a waste of precious expensive ingredients - I have added a 1/2 inch of rum in the bottom of each pan and poked holes in the tops with a wooden skewer and am soaking them in the hope of a miracle, after all it is CHRISTMAS!!!

Reviewed On: Dec. 16, 2009