Rhubarb Streusel Cake | My Baking Habit

Rhubarb streusel cake balances tart rhubarb with a candy brown sugar streusel topping. This tender rhubarb cake is ideal for brunch, a day snack, or a easy but scrumptious summertime dessert.

The primary time I had rhubarb was about 15 (15!!) years in the past, after I first shared this rhubarb cake recipe. 

(It’s loopy to me that I’ve been sharing recipes right here for that lengthy!)

I discovered some gorgeous rhubarb on the farmers’ market and determined it was time to place it to good use and provides it a strive.

I acquired dwelling and commenced looking for inspiration and located this beautiful cake recipe. I’m a sucker for something with a streusel topping!

I completely loved the flavour of the rhubarb baked into this beautiful cake, and now I’m completely a fan. 

I’ve tweaked this recipe over time and made it even higher, but it surely’s nonetheless certainly one of my favourite methods to make use of recent late-spring/early-summer rhubarb.

What’s rhubarb?

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable that grows between late spring and early summer time, normally April by means of June.

Sure, though it’s normally handled like a fruit once we cook dinner and bake with it, it’s truly a vegetable!

The rhubarb plant has thick pinkish-green stalks and huge leaves. The leaves are inedible, so ensure you discard these—the stalks are what you need.

Rhubarb could be very tart and when it’s uncooked, it’s crisp and a bit stringy. You can eat it when it’s uncooked, but it surely’s so tart that it doesn’t style superb. (I’m undoubtedly not a fan of uncooked rhubarb!)

As a result of it’s so tart, rhubarb is normally served cooked into desserts or different candy recipes. 

Rhubarb has a reasonably brief rising season, so seize it if you discover it! Purchase some additional to freeze for later, too. It’s also possible to discover frozen rhubarb at some grocery shops, so you possibly can get pleasure from this scrumptious rhubarb cake year-round.

make this rhubarb cake

This rhubarb streusel cake may undoubtedly be thought of a espresso cake recipe.

The bottom is a straightforward, tender cake with a light-weight crumb. The cake itself has loads of chopped rhubarb in it, and the entire thing will get topped with a brown sugar streusel for additional taste, sweetness, and crunchy texture.

That is the type of cake that you may get pleasure from for breakfast or brunch with a cup of espresso, for a day snack as a pick-me-up with an iced shaken espresso, or for a scrumptious dessert with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Substances you’ll want

To make this rhubarb cake, you will have:

• 2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 giant egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon wonderful sea salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups chopped recent or frozen rhubarb

Sure, the cake itself solely has 2 tablespoons of butter in it, however don’t fear! It’s nonetheless going to be actually tender and flavorful because of utilizing buttermilk.

However you forgot to purchase buttermilk, don’t stress. You may make a 2-ingredient buttermilk substitute to make use of as a substitute.

You should utilize recent or frozen chopped rhubarb on this cake. If you’re utilizing frozen rhubarb, don’t thaw it earlier than including it to the cake.

And naturally, ensure you know how you can measure flour accurately earlier than you get began! Nailing this step will assist your cake prove good each time.

The factor that actually makes this cake additional superb is the streusel topping. For that, you will have:

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup evenly packed mild brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter

If you’re out of brown sugar, make a brown sugar substitute to make use of within the streusel. If yours hardened within the pantry, take a look at my suggestions for how you can soften brown sugar.

Making this cake

To make the rhubarb cake batter, use an electrical mixer to beat the butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla till the combination is effectively mixed and light-weight in shade.

In a separate mixing bowl, whisk collectively the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

With the mixer on low, add half of the dry substances to the sugar combination, mixing till simply mixed. Add all the buttermilk, mixing till simply mixed, then end with the remainder of the dry substances.

Ensure that to scrape the perimeters of the bowl with a spatula as wanted.

Fold within the chopped rhubarb, then unfold the batter right into a greased 9×9-inch cake pan.

To make the streusel, use a fork to combine collectively the streusel substances till clumps kind. Sprinkle the streusel combination evenly excessive of the cake.

Bake the rhubarb cake at 350°F for 60-70 minutes; the cake is completed when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.

Extra scrumptious rhubarb recipes

When you’ve got additionally found that you just love rhubarb, you’re in luck as a result of there are such a lot of methods to get pleasure from it!

Rhubarb is commonly paired up with strawberries for a tart-sweet combo. Some nice choices embrace gluten-free strawberry rhubarb crumble, a glowing strawberry rhubarb cocktail, or strawberry rhubarb crumb bars.

Rhubarb pairs very well with different fruits too, although, akin to blueberries in a blueberry rhubarb crisp!

And as you’ve seen from this recipe, it’s additionally improbable by itself. Attempt it in rhubarb pie, rhubarb margaritas, or make a rhubarb syrup to make use of in every kind of scrumptious methods.