RHUBARB STREUSEL CAKE

This rhubarb cake is topped with our crumbly Streusel Topping. Serve it with coffee or as a summer time dessert.

Yield: Serves 6.

RHUBARB STREUSEL CAKE

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3 cups diced rhubarb
  • Streusel Topping

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  2. Using medium speed of an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Beginning and ending with flour mixture, add flour mixture alternately with milk to butter mixture, stirring until blended. Spread batter in a greased 9 inch square baking pan. Top with rhubarb and sprinkle with Streusel Topping.
  3. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a rack.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

 

547 calories, 25.1 g fat, 6.9 g protein, 75.1 g carbohydrate, 2.2 g fibre, 470 mg sodium

STREUSEL TOPPING

Ingredients

  • ​3/4 cup flour
  • 2/3 cup packed golden brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/3 cup butter, chilled and cubed

Directions

  1. Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.