Cinnamon Rhubarb Cake

I found this recipe for Rhubarb Cake about 25 years ago in a magazine, probably the Woman’s Day, it was a reader recipe and was sent in by Leonie Robers from Bendigo, thankyou Leonie for sharing your recipe, I hope you don’t mind me sharing as well.

Rhubarb can be polarising to some but I love it, it has an acidic quality a bit like raspberries, sweet and tangy.

Cinnamon Rhubarb Cake is lovely, the cake is moist and the cinnamon brown sugar topping is the crowning glory, serve it for a special afternoon tea or as a dessert. It is just as nice served warm or at room temperature, with cream, custard or ice cream.

I’m sure you could easily make individual cakes in cupcake/muffin trays or mini loaf trays.

Cinnamon Rhubarb Cake

Rhubarb cake with cinnamon brown sugar topping
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 60 gm Butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 1 tsp Lemon rind, grated
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Self Raising Flour
  • 1 Cup Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Cup Sour Cream
  • 300 gm Fresh Rhubarb, cut in 2cm pieces
  • 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar Extra
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon Extra

Instructions
 

  • Preheat Oven 170C
  • Grease and line 23cm round cake tin.
  • Beat butter, sugar, essence and lemon rind in a mixer approximately 5-10 minutes, scraping down the bowl a few times.
  • Beat in the eggs one at a time until creamy.
  • Stir in sifted flours and cinnamon and sour cream in two batches, stir in rhubarb.
  • Spread the cake batter into the prepared tin.
  • Sprinkle the cake batter with combined extra brown sugar and cinnamon.
  • Bake approximately 1 1/4 hours turning the cake at the half way mark.
  • Cool cake in tin for 10-15 minutes then allow to cool on cake cooler.
  • Serve cake warm or at room temperature.

Notes

This cake will keep well for 5 days.
It also freezes well.
Serve it with cream, custard or ice cream.
Keyword Cake, Dessert, Rhubarb cake
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