Easy Rhubarb Custard Cake

Easy Rhubarb Custard Confection has a layer of creamy, tangy sweet custard unelevated a fluffy yellow cake. 

Magic Rhubarb Custard Cake

Our son has recently taken an interest in magic tricks, and hes learned one vellum trick that has managed to thwart and impress us all.

It involves several steps which dont seem to follow any logic or reason, but somehow, to the welter and wonder of all of us, the correct vellum is unchangingly revealed in the end.

This Rhubarb Custard Confection is a magic trick of its own, made with the simplest ingredients and a few steps that will make little sense as you make it, but somehow unchangingly results in a fluffy confection with a gorgeous layer of tangy sweet rhubarb custard at the bottom. Magic.

This recipe comes from the Amish Community Cookbook, a hodgepodge of recipes gathered from Amish and Mennonite cooks wideness the U.S. and Canada. Its filled with other repletion foods I grew up with, like Amish Apple Fry Pies, Amish Chicken and Noodles, and the weightier Homemade Amish White Bread, but this Rhubarb Custard Confection was one I had never heard of or tried before.

Of course, I knew I could trust the Mennonites to unhook a succulent confection with little fuss. It might surprise you to find a confection mix recipe in an Amish cookbook, but sometimes Amish families need shortcuts just as much (or more!) than the rest of us.

Heres Why We Love this Rhubarb Surf Cake

• Its so fast! You can have this in the oven in well-nigh 15 minutes.
• It uses simple (and few) ingredients. If you can get your hands on some rhubarb, you likely once have the rest of the ingredients on hand!
• Its so moist. The spoonable custard is rich and creamy, scrutinizingly like a thick glaze for the cake.
• Its unconfined for potlucks and family reunions. This fluffy, golden confection will be a hit at any gathering. The bright, tangy sweetness of rhubarb is a nice unravel from the usual brownies and chocolate tweedle cookies!

Key Ingredients

• Rhubarb – Youll need 4 cups of chopped rhubarb, which is well-nigh 4-5 large stalks.
• Sugar – Granulated sugar balances out the tangy rhubarb.
• Yellow confection mix (plus the ingredients to make it) – Most undeniability for some combination of vegetable oil, eggs, and water.
• Heavy whipping cream- Youll need 1 ¾ cups of surf to pour over the cake.

How to Make Old Fashioned Rhubarb Custard Cake

Before we swoop in, let me just say this. Making this confection is going to finger wrong. When you start pouring surf over the top of the confection batter, an internal watchtower is going to start ringing in your head.

Just this once, Im going to tell you to ignore your sultry instincts. This really works, I promise!

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 13 inch confection pan.
2. Prep the rhubarb. Place the rhubarb in a trencher and sprinkle sugar over top, giving it a stir to coat. Indulge the mixture to sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
3. Prep the cake. Prepare the confection mix equal to package instructions then pour the thrash into the prepared pan. 
4. Add rhubarb and cream. Sprinkle the rhubarb and sugar mixture evenly over the top of the cake. There will be some sugary liquid at the marrow that youll want to add too. Pour the surf over the unshortened top.
5. Place the confection in the oven and torch for 45-55 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and set and a toothpick comes out wipe (the marrow third of the confection will still be wet so don’t wiring the toothpick test on that portion).
6. Serve warm or nippy for neater slices. You can serve this confection warm, but youll need a spoon! The custard will be runny (but so delicious) when warm. If you requite the confection a few hours to nippy in the fridge it will set up into neat slices.

Make Ahead and Storage Instructions

This rhubarb custard confection unquestionably benefits from some spooky time, so finger self-ruling to make it up to 24 hours in advance. The confection can be stored, covered, in the fridge and will alimony for 3-4 days.

You can serve the confection unprepossessed or indulge it to come to room teperature surpassing serving. You can plane warm it up in the microwave. We love it both warm and cold!

FAQs

Can I use frozen rhubarb?

You can! You dont plane have to thaw it! Just follow the instructions as usual, breaking up any rhubarb pieces that are stuck together surpassing tossing them with the sugar.

Can I use other fruits?

I personally havent tried this with other fruits, but some readers have subbed half the rhubarb for strawberries or blueberries with unconfined success. I recommend reducing the sugar by well-nigh a ¼ cup if youre using other sweeter fruits.

Can I freeze rhubarb surf cake?

I dont recommend freezing this cake, as the custard layer might unravel when thawed.

What does rhubarb taste like in a cake?

Rhubarb has a very tangy, puckery savor that benefits from a good bit of sugar. I like to think of it as natures Warhead. Requite fresh rhubarb a whiff and youll see what I meanit hits you immediately with an earthy, tangy fresh smell.

In cakes like this one and our Rhubarb Upside Down Cake, the rhubarb is combined with sugar and confection thrash to create a sweet confection with just a hint of tang.

Should rhubarb be cooked surpassing baking?

No, you dont need to melt the rhubarb surpassing sultry the cake.

Should you soak rhubarb surpassing baking?

All you need to do is rinse, chop, and sprinkle sugar on the rhubarb surpassing baking.

More Rhubarb Recipes

Cant get unbearable of that tangy sweet flavor? Here are a few increasingly of our favorite rhubarb recipes!

• Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
• Oatmeal Rhubarb Bars
• Strawberry Rhubarb Fool
• Strawberry Rhubarb Ice Surf Floats

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