Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Delicious baked rhubarb in really soft and sticky pudding like cake that has a caramelized, cracked top.
Equipment
- 9 x 13 baking dish
- Electric mixer or Stand mixer
Ingredients
Rhubarb Layer
- 5 cups rhubarb, chopped
- ½ - ¾ cup white sugar see notes
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Pudding Layer
- ½ cup butter room temp
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cup 2% milk see notes
Caramelized Top
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup light, white corn syrup
For service
- vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Chop 5 cups of rhubarb. Stir in the white sugar and lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, or in a stand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar. Next, mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, measure in the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Measure out the milk. Add the milk and dry ingredients, alternating. Mix fully between each addition. Begin and end with the milk. *You can just dump it all in and mix it well. The alternating method is used to make the batter extra smooth.
- Prepare a 9 x 13 baking dish by lightly spraying or rubbing it down with a little oil.
- Pour the rhubarb, along with all the juices from the sugar, into the prepared baking dish.
- Pour the batter evenly over the rhubarb.
- In a small saucepan, measure in the half & half and the corn syrup. Whisk, over heat, occasionally until it comes to a simmer. Drizzle the hot liquid slowly and carefully over the batter layer. Do NOT smooth or mix at all.
- Place into the hot oven on a middle rack. Bake for 50 minutes.
- Let sit and cool for at least 10 minutes before serving it up with ice cream.
Notes
**We use 3/4 cup sugar to help create a syrup that the rhubarb will bake in. If you wish to do less sugar we recommend that you cut it to a 1/2 cup, but do not eliminate it completely.
**We have only tested this recipe with 2% milk. Though others may work fine, be feel that skim would be better if you replaced half of the amount with half & half.