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Apple Rhubarb Cake with Strawberries

Best Apple Rhubarb Cake My freezer is stocked full of rhubarb, so I decided to experiment a bit and came up with this cake. It would be perfect served warm with a little vanilla ice cream. Rhubarb grows really well in…

easy rhubarb cake recipe. This Apple Rhubarb Cake is so easy to make and absolutely delicious. You'll be really happy with the end result! This is a great way to use up rhubarb.

Best Apple Rhubarb Cake

My freezer is stocked full of rhubarb, so I decided to experiment a bit and came up with this cake. It would be perfect served warm with a little vanilla ice cream.

Rhubarb grows really well in the north, so a few years ago we decided to plant a couple rhubarb plants. If you're unfamiliar with rhubarb, it is the plant that keeps on giving. And giving, and giving and giving.

The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that it attracts Japanese beetles in droves for about a month during the summer. In fact, the abundance of beetles led me to pull up the majority of rhubarb not once, but twice this summer just trying to get rid of them. The only thing that resulted in was more rhubarb! It grows back faster than I can give it away.

Apple-Rhubarb Cake

Recipe

Recipe

Apple Rhubarb Cake with Strawberries

  • Yield Servings 4
  • Prep Prep Time 15 mins
  • Cook Cook Time 35 mins
  • Total Total Time 50 mins

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • ½ cup applesauce
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten lightly
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup oatmeal, ground in a food processor or blender
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup chopped rhubarb
  • 1 cup sliced strawberries

Streusel topping:

  • ¼ cup butter, melted
  • ½ cup brown sugar

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350.

  2. 2

    Melt butter and then mix in applesauce, egg, brown sugar and vanilla.

  3. 3

    Add dry ingredients and stir together until well blended.

  4. 4

    Add rhubarb and mix until evenly dispersed.

  5. 5

    Spray a loaf pan and pour cake batter into the pan, spreading evenly.

  6. 6

    Mix together streusel ingredients and spread over the top of the cake.

  7. 7

    Bake for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.