Saturday, June 17, 2006

Day 40: Rhubarb, Part Two

This time I stayed in the kitchen when I made the rhubarb ”stew”. It was tart, tasteless and watery. I was quite disappointed.

The rhubarb upside-down cake was much better. I'll have to try to find another rhubarb cake recipe because it seemed such a waste when the melted margarine and brown sugar stayed on the dish. It wasn't easy to scrape it off.


I was so pleased with myself when I got home from the store and realized that I had walked down the chip aisle and hadn't even looked at them. The only problem is that now I can't think of eating anything else! I wonder how the different grocery store chains decide on how to organize their stores. There are four grocery stores near by. One store has their chips across from tinned and jarred goods, another frozen pizzas and breads, another juices and the last frozen vegetables.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The following is a recipe for a rhustic rhubarb cake we enjoy, I cut the sugar by adding stevia extract powder as I list below in the recipe... it also very low in fat.

http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/page/1156474.htm#september12

BRYANNA’S RUSTIC RHUBARB CAKE

makes 1/ 9x13" cake

This is one of our old family favorites—easy and always appreciated.

DRY MIX:
1 and 3/4 c. wholewheat pastry flour PLUS 1/4 c. oat bran
OR 2 c. wholewheat pastry flour

1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground allspice

2 c. chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb

WET MIX:

1/3 c. smooth unsweetened applesauce
3 T. oil
1 c. sugar (I SUB 1 tsp KAL brand stevia extract powder = o calories)

7/8 c. milk of choice

TOPPING:
1/2 c. brown sugar or less (I use 1/4 C in the topping
1 tsp. cinnamon
OPT...1/4 c. chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans) or shelled sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13" cake pan. Whisk together the Dry Mix ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the rhubarb. In a blender, blend the Wet Mix ingredients until smooth. Mix the Wet Mix into Dry Mix, stirring as briefly as possible. Spread into prepared pan. Mix the Topping ingredients together in a small bowl. Sprinkle the Topping evenly over the cake. Bake 35 minutes. Test for doneness. Cool on a rack and serve right out of the pan, cut into squares.

http://thebakehouse.blogspot.com/