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Rhubarb Coffeecake
Yield: 14 servings
From: Mike
Crumble topping:
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) cold butter, cut up
Coffeecake:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon each: baking powder, baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon each: nutmeg, salt
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups diced rhubarb
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- For topping, combine the sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Stir in the vanilla; work in the butter with a pastry blender or fork until crumbly.
- Set aside.
- For cake, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat together the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy; beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Beat in half the flour mixture until creamy, then beat in sour cream until blended.
- Beat in remaining flour mixture until combined.
- Stir in rhubarb.
- Spoon the batter into a buttered 9-inch tube pan; top with the crumble mixture.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Cool the cake in the pan, about 5 minutes; remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

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