I have made this cake many times and love it, but tonight for the first time I made a vegan version and it might honestly have been even better than the original! I made this today with freshly harvested rhubarb from the garden. Just wow. I made your strawberry rhubarb our last weekend and I have enough left over to do this cake. Thanks! Spoon batter into prepared pan, and spread it evenly over cranberries. Thank you for the recipe. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and butter. Hi Deb, Im just wondering if you think it would be possible to substitute fresh ginger in place of the ground ginger? Preheat the oven to 350F. Love the tart rhubarb with the spiced cake. Beat in the vanilla and eggs. Directions Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spoon the ginger preserve onto the base of the cake tin. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. I made this in a cake pan. Your method is flawless. This cake sounds delicious! Apples and pears are common, plus stone fruits including cherries. This cake is a delight. Butter the parchment. I realize that spring is supposed to be all flowers and pastels, lightness and lemon zest, but all of these cool, rainy days in the last month make me crave winter spices, no matter how many tomatoes and herbs I have planted this week (so many, eee) in hopes, despite all historical evidence, that this is the year I excel at container gardening. The beautiful, smooth caramel drizzled over the rhubarb helps, too, to create a barrier between the cake and pan. Rubbing the lemon zest into sugar was a new idea to me. Alice Waters' beautiful salad is a harmonious blend of lettuces combined with softly baked thyme . The recipe was delicious. oh but these are gorgeous the greeny onesI can never get it right. I think I would like more rhubarb topping next time (I didnt measure a pound, just eyeballed it). I also made candied fennel stalks. Home Dishes & Beverages Cakes Upside-Down Cakes. Is she in New Jersey? Thanks for another great recipe! served warm, with ice cold custard :-D. I made this (gluten free version) for Mothers Day and it came out perfect. Thank you Deb! Turned out well despite the topping leaking out in the oven because I had only a loose bottomed cake tin in the right size. I didnt have a deep 10 skillet, so I used my 12 inch cast iron pan. I have rhubarb to use & really want this to be the purpose, but Im going to share with someone out of town. One year I had so much from my sisters garden that I tried 4 different pie recipes in one day and we had a tasting. Can you substitute almond flour (or another) for the all-purpose flour? I love this so, so much my issue with rhubarb is that I love its taste, but while I always want it to look like beautiful candied pieces of garnet, it inevitably just goes to mush with the slightest stirring. To prepare topping: Put butter and brown sugar in a 9-inch round cake pan, and put it in the oven. Make topping: In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, trim your rhubarb to lengths that will fit across the bottom in one direction, i.e. Fold whites into batter at a time. (I didnt want the spices to immediately make me think autumn.) It was perfectly softened after coming out of the oven, so no issues there. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Yum! Scrape down bowl and add flour; beat only until it disappears. It still tasted good! Bake at 450 for 10 minutes, then at 350 for 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Spread over rhubarb mixture. Im looking forward to trying you version of this spring dessert, in the near future, thanks for another great recipe! My advice: resist the urge to slice the rhubarb too thin and to pour off any liquid after the rhubarb cooks. Make the cake. ), I can vouch for Jersey tomatoes! Sadness indeed. I made this last night. I love it, but its insanely expensive in Texas. If desired, serve with whipped cream. You can vary the spices according to the fruit. Toss rhubarb with 3/4 cup sugar; let stand for 2 minutes. My stalks also did not keep their shape at all, and instead are a mush and stringy perhaps I over pre-cooked? okay.. dont make fun of me (too much) for not knowing this; but why cream butter and sugar THEN add the vanilla? Absolutely. 3 hours 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' refrigeration, 1 hour, plus at least 6 hours cooling and chilling, 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours chilling. This is an amazing cake. This just came out of the oven and smells delightful. Any ideas on what may have gone wrong? Whisk together flour, baking powder, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Rhubarb Upside-Down Spice Cake Servings: 8 to 12 Time: About 1 hour If you don't have an ovenproof skillet, a deep (ideally 3-inch sides) 9-inch cake pan or regular depth 10-inch cake pan should work as well. 1 piece: 316 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 48mg cholesterol, 248mg sodium, 53g carbohydrate (36g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein. 2 cups fresh or frozen sliced rhubarb**. I am hooked on a roasted rhubarb and strawberry sauce I use daily on homemade granola with yogurt. Toss the rhubarb, cup of the granulated sugar, and cup of the brown sugar together in a bowl. i wonder if any of the adults in my family even knew. You are right, rhubarb always looks good. Gradually fold into creamed mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time. Dorie Greenspan has an upside down cranberry cake recipe in her book Baking that is very similar to this one. (1 cups) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan, Yellow Cake With Pastry Cream Filling and Chocolate Ganache Frosting, Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti With White Chocolate, Marbled Pound Cake (Panqu Marmoleado de Chocolate y Vanilla). Beat in the egg. Combine the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. What a wonderful dessert! :) Are the flavor compounds so delicate that they can be overexposed to air? The cake came out of the pan beautifully and the color/taste combination is killer. The entire piece chronicling a day in the life of Alice Waters can be found here: A Day With Alice Waters. Any thoughts on using yogurt rather than buttermilk? Thank you for sharing! I love seeing your posts in my inbox. Perfect. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake Print Recipe Prep time 15 minutes Cook time 20 minutes to 25 minutes Serves 8 to 10 Nutritional Info Ingredients Cooking spray 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 pound rhubarb (5 or 6 (6-inch) stalks) 1 (15.25-ounce) box vanilla or yellow cake mix 3 large eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup water Arrange 1/4 inch plum wedges over the brown sugar mixture in a way that covers the bottom of the pan completely. It did come out looking like sad brown mush (looks like this has happened with others), which everyone had a good laugh over of course, but it tasted great! Or just a knife? Pour the mixture . The best substitution I have ever managed! I know its a weed many places. I made this in a 7 skillet, half the recipe. Combine sugar, flour and nutmeg; sprinkle over rhubarb. (i wouldnt have eaten it, i dont think, but still.). But mostly the strawberry thing! I dont have a 10 inch oven proof skillet so I always just a 9 inch cake pan, so I start out cooking the rhubarb on the stove and every time I think I overcook it but it turns out just fine just maybe not super pretty. I think we cooked down the rhubarb too much in the beginning stages before adding the batter, or I cut the ribbons down too small. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Im a rhubarb newbie, so maybe thats the problem. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionists advice. I think I cooked the rhubarb too long in the pan, make sure to cook so it only releases a little bit of liquid and is not too soft, otherwise it will look quite mushy on top rather than have the nice long strips of rhubarb like Debs pics. I put a little in a 6 inch cake pan with a couple scoops of batter to make as a tester since I wasnt going to be eating the actual cake a day later and was bringing it to an event and wanted to make sure it turned out. The black tire keeps the soil warm, contained & moist; water once a week. (I dont know why, but its is the ONLY way my fingers type the word. A complete lightbulb moment. We recommend our users to update the browser. My new springtime recipe for any occasion. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then unmold onto a platter. Loving rhubarb as i do, does this work the same with the green stalked rhubarb? I should wait till my daughter comes home tonight from college, but then I would have to wait unti 10pm! My grandmother has been growing hers for years and its always more green than red, which only seems to make my cakes less pretty. Seed planting is not a great way to try to grow it trust me.. this will def. I made this and brought it my first spring picnic of the year thinking it would likely be a messy disaster, but it was perfection, and the plate came home clean. No need to fuss too much over the rhubarb layout. Cranberry Upside-Down Cake By Alice Waters. Eat. I liked the spiced cake, but not with the rhubarb topping. I ended up having to use the platter from my cupcake carrier because it was too wide for all of my regular plates. There is no rhubarb available around me yet (at least, not as of today. It takes a year or two before it is big enough to cut I am from Australia originally and I believe we could grow it year round there and was un-killable. will try your recipe one of these rhubarb-filled days (if any rhubarb is left from all the raspberry-rhubarb jam making) thanks for the idea! 3. I found this recipe last spring, when I tried numerous recipes, seeking the perfect rhubarb cake. Havent eaten it yet. An easy, no-fuss way to grease a pan is touse baking spray with flour. Line bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet with parchment paper, generously butter sides of skillet and parchment and set aside. This looks amazing!! Great recipe. Home Recipes Dishes & Beverages Edible Gifts. If I could have only one cake recipe for the rest of my life, this would be it. Pink rhubarb is pretty but doesnt taste any better than more green rhubarb I say take it as it comes and enjoy! You can try replacing with raspberries if you really want another berry flavor. Check your rhubarb base to make sure all the pieces are in the order youd like them to be; nudge around any that are not, then dollop cake batter over rhubarb mixture in small spoonfuls and smooth top as best as you can. Run a knife around edge of cake, and invert onto a wire rack. The cake looks great, but Im actually wondering about the plate. My future looks rosy red. Looks like bacon. I thought it looked luscious, and just needed a few spring flowers on top for garnish (cherry blossoms? So delicious, so easy. It gets to the size of a large hosta and dies back down each winter. This turned out really good! Of course she wasnt making it anymore by the time I was old enough to think of asking for her recipe. Just letting people know who might want more of a ta-dah! moment with guests or something. Beautiful, as always! I substituted lactose free milk+ 1tbsp lemon juice for the buttermilk. For the sauce; in a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the brown sugar and butter. But only fresh strawberries. For this recipe, pick nice, thick stalks of rhubarb. Beautiful and we loved the warm spices with the carmelized rhubarb, I love rhubarb in all its forms fools crumbles pies chutney but particularly like a Rhubarb crumb cake As suggested by the caked crusader blog spot the closing comment to Combine the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, several minutes. cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet. Blueberries go really well with ruebarb also. Thank you very much for creating it. I have never heard of anyones dog eating the foliage, I think they know instinctively that it is toxic, like the deer and moose seem to do. Very nice collection many recipe at one place CakenGifts.in , I loved it. No buttermilk on hand, so I used vinegar/milk. Bake until top is browned and cake pulls away slightly from edges of pan, 25 to 35 minutes. One tip would be to make sure to transfer all of the liquid from the pan into the cake pan, I would have liked a little more rhubarb juices to keep the cake from drying out. Drizzle with butter; set aside. unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for buttering pan, rhubarb, trimmed and cut on a very sharp diagonal about inch thick, finely grated orange zest plus 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice, Satsuma Mandarin and Vanilla Upside-Down Cake. 2. Though Gooseberries sweetened & baked under a pound cake served with vanilla ice cream flavoured Elderflower cordial is a wonderful thing. The Wall Street Journal Magazine photographed key steps in Alice Waters rhubarb galette. What a sweet story. Dories recipe uses 2 cups of cranberries, Im not sure what that weighs. I did some subs (see my comment) and it all worked fine. Gradually add to egg mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. The Wall Street Journal Magazine photographed key steps in Alice Water's rhubarb galette. and make the cake gluten free to be shared with friends! Coat the sides with butter or nonstick spray. And I wasnt too worried about precision. For personal preference, when I make this again I will add more rhubarb to the topping, and some chopped pieces to the batter. 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter. Read more and get the recipe: Alice Waterss Rhubarb Galette at The Wall Street Journal. I have been wanting to bake something with rhubarb. We are no longer supporting IE (Internet Explorer), 30 Bundt Cakes You Need to Make This Spring, Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information. No need to sweat over frosting or fiddle with a lazy Susan! It'sstrange and beautiful and tart, she says. Ive felt confident since. 1. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. When the sugar starts to caramelize, remove pan from the oven and allow to cool. Wow, the size of the book your son is reading! Serve: Warm or at room temperature. If by some miracle I am able to obtain some rhubarb, I will definitely be making this cake! The number one way to make sure a cake does not stick is to prepare the pan. to achieve the proper temperature. Spoon the batter over the rhubarb and spread evenly. Hi Deb looks great. Where can I find the recipe for the rhubarb orange pie? Featured in: New American Traditions; In a Berkeley Kitchen, A Celebration of Simplicity, 432 calories; 19 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 5 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 62 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 41 grams sugars; 5 grams protein; 193 milligrams sodium. Cant wait to try it. Crumble topping evenly over batter. What luck that this recipe popped up! Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. I also want to ask if you could eradicate the errant apostrophe in on its own., I made this and LOVED it! Add flour mixture alternately with the milk to the butter mixture. This cake looks so nice for a weekend tea time treat. It came out incredible! You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. I am a sucker for creative, easy dishes like this that also create minimal dishes/mess. I made this last night, and its delicious! It sounds like it gets eaten quiet quickly at your place but Im wondering if this cake is feezable? I made a 1/2 recipe in a 6 skillet and it worked like a charm. When rhubarb is out of season, I found a common pineapple selling brand beginning with D (comment guidelines!) As others have noted, it wasnt as pretty as yours, but the cake is so very delicious and spice-filled and the rhubarb so sweet and tart. This looks SO good! My rhubarb was also on the green side so I cheated and added a little bit of red food coloring to the lemon and sugar and while it wasnt as pretty as Debs, it didnt look like celery. Its also quite pretty with very large ridged leaves. Win win, I say. Unfortunately the warm spices were not to my taste with the rhubarb on a hot summer day. Just a fabulous cake, and so lovely with the contrast of the rhubarb against the spiced cake. Put it in a sunny location in your garden; fill the center with good mulching soil, put in a plant and watch it grow. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Deb, you are an honest to goodness poet when it comes to describing food. Beat in the egg. Toss the rhubarb, cup of the granulated sugar, and cup of the brown sugar together in a bowl. Bake at 350 until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Rhubarb! Love rhubarb!! Rhubarb sauce for apple sauce, spelt flour for white whole wheat, cardamom for cinnamon, and grains of paradise for nutmeg. Thank you. Can I use frozen rhubarb in small pieces for this? Any idea where the teacher lives? I want to make this NOW! Do you have any ideas for substitutes for the buttermilk? Since there were only two of us home for the weekend, in the interest of my waistline, I made half the recipe and used a small size spring form pan (which fortunately never, ever leaks). Nabbed some rhubarb at the store today and whipped this up immediately. I am really looking forward to making this. Today Ive made the rhubarb spice cake, with flour from a local grain mill De Leeuw and rhubarb out of my own vegatable garden. I cut a few different lengths, worried they werent going to lay nicely, but once they soften up, they naturally assume the shape of the pan. thank you, anne. Make the topping: Stir together butter, flour, sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt until moist and crumbly. Preheat oven to 350F. While the sugar and butter are melting, in a large bowl combine the remaining 1 cup of sugar, cream, egg, flour and baking powder; stir until fully combined. I had no ground ginger, but I chopped some stem ginger out of a jar that was lurking at the back of the fridge. As the sugar dissolves, stir to distribute the mixture evenly over the pan. The technique is really brilliant, and produces a cake that is beautiful to look at, and full of the fruit flavour but not soggy because you dont put the fruit INTO the cake batter. Place the rhubarb in the prepared pan pink side down, trimming the pieces to fit snugly in the pan. With a picture of beautiful rhubarb? or make my own- its never as creamy..). Ive made it several times with rhubarb and recently used actual cranberries which were very good, although I personally prefer rhubarb. I did half AP flour, half rye flour. Also lemon and orange zest are delicious with it. 10 ounces (1 cups) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan, 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest (from 1 lemon), Vanilla or strawberry ice cream, for serving. They do not see rhubarb as a sign that were near done with last winters vegetables and that berry season is nigh. Fantastic! Turned out beautifully. Great recipe. Youll need less rhubarb on top. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream, until smooth. During her time in the White House, Mrs. Obama planted a vegetable garden on the White House lawn and championed healthy eating initiatives . I actually like it better than strawberries. Stir in the yogurt on low speed. love rhubarb!!!! I cut the sugar in the rhubarb to 1/2 cup and used 3/4 sugar in the cake, and it came out great. Seriously good. Once sliced thinner, doesnt matter at all. A sour cream-rhubarb pie also was great, and two other riffs which werent the usual ones, but I cant think of them offhand. Ditto, I think, with more green rhubarb. Tomato and potato foliage is also semi toxic, as they are members of the nightshade family. Hi Deb :) You had oral allergy syndrome. It is a digital cookbook and cooking guide alike, available on all platforms, that helps home cooks of every level discover, save and organize the worlds best recipes, while also helping them become better, more competent cooks. Instead, I made a spice bread to go with the unseasonably cool weather. Stainless steel should be fine, but cake might stick more easily. I baked it in my cast iron skillet and it came out of the pan beautifully. Yayyyyy! Does vanilla bruise like gin? Thanks Deb. Grease a 22cm round cake tin with melted butter and line with baking paper. It reminds me of the spring version of the purple plum torte. This looks just perfect for the rainy Friday we are having here too in Toronto. cast-iron or other heavy ovenproof skillet. Waters has authored the books Chez Panisse Cooking (with Paul Bertolli), The Art of Simple Food I and II, and 40 Years of Chez Panisse. Well, so can I! Next up, trying to reduce the butter do you think less butter in the topping would be fine? Everybody with an appetite for rhubarb loved this and kept asking for the secret ingredients. I take great courage from seeing it poke its crimson fists up through the soil when there often is still some snow on the ground! Heat oven to 325 degrees. Thanks for the inspiration! Place the rhubarb in a large bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar and the cornstarch. Stephanie is a home cook in NYC where she enjoys exploring the city's best food and re-creating meals in her tiny kitchen. You can skip them or add other flavors. As others have noted, my stalks werent as beautifully red as yours so it came out looking a bit on the drab side, but man was it outstanding! As my mom says, this one is a keeper!. 2. can I try cooking this in a stainless steel skillet? For me that means strawberries, for my older son, cranberries, and for the younger son, blueberries. This is combining two of my all time favorite things, rhubarb and upside down cakes! Perhaps I cooked them a bit too long. No reason to stop the mixer. Win-win. Remove rhubarb and cut each stalk lengthwise into thin (about 1/4-inch thick) ribbons. Thanks so much! I would pass on just plain hot cooked ones though quite bland. Turned out great with defrosted rhubarb spears from last spring. Directions. I was wrong on both counts (and I should know better than tweaking a SK recipe!). Layer with rhubarb; sprinkle with sugar. I made this cake yesterday for family. I was unable to deliver the lard crust, unfortunately, but it was still delicious, meringue and all. Makes the kitchen smell like a spiced heaven and folks all around lick their forks for more. Butter and line an 8-inch square pan with parchment. Odd question, but do you think the spice cake base would translate well to a layer cake? So great, and a dish that non Rhubarb fans seemed to enjoy too. Serve warm. It was tasty! Is it a regular dinner plate, or a serving plate? Tastes fantastic! They find it jammy or stringy or too wet or depressingly gray once cooked. (Thank you, cake.). The joy is in the doing. Is it as sturdy as it looks and where did you find it? Butter the paper and sides of the pan. I also poured off just a few tablespoons of liquid before baking because there was SO much juice I was certain it would make for a soggy cake. 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