This time of year, and all summer for that matter, our garden has an abundance of rhubarb. In fact, it tends to take over the garden. I have several go-to rhubarb recipes that I make often. Baked goods in our home get eaten up pretty quickly with three growing boys! But this recipe is also great for a large gathering, such as brunch or an afternoon tea or coffee break. If you’re looking for a delicious, easy rhubarb coffee cake recipe, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve tried to keep the recipe low fat. However, there’s a fair amount of sugar to counteract the tartness of the rhubarb.
Easy Rhubarb Coffee Cake Recipe
Equipment
- Electric mixer
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk (or use 1 cup of milk with lemon juice to "sour" it)
- 2-3 cups rhubarb
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp melted butter or margarine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Soften butter, and use an electric mixer to cream butter and white sugar until light in colour and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until creamy looking.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking soda together. Then, mix with butter mixture alternately with buttermilk.
- Cut rhubarb into 1' pieces and mix into batter with a spatula. Scrape batter into a buttered 9" by 13" glass or ceramic dish.
- Mix brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and melted butter together in a bowl and sprinkle over cake batter. Bake 50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 15-20 minutes before serving.
I took several photos the last time I made this dish and am sharing them here with the instructions so you can see the consistency of the batter and topping.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1.5 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk (or use 1 cup of milk with 2 tbsp lemon juice to “sour” it)
- 2-3 cups rhubarb
Ingredients For The Crumbly Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp melted butter or margarine
Instructions For The Easy Rhubarb Coffee Cake Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Soften butter, and use an electric mixer to cream butter and white sugar until light in colour and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla and mix until creamy looking. In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking soda together. Then, mix with butter mixture alternately with buttermilk.
- Cut rhubarb into 1′ pieces and mix into batter with a spatula. Scrape batter into a buttered 9″ by 13″ glass or ceramic dish.
- Mix brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and melted butter together (often I omit the butter for a lower fat recipe as I did here) in a bowl and sprinkle over cake batter.
- Bake 50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 15-20 minutes before serving.
Serving
This recipe is perfect when served with coffee and tea, and some fresh fruit like berries or melon. I hope you’ll give my easy rhubarb coffee cake recipe a try this rhubarb season. Check out some of my other easy recipes, including The Easiest, Tastiest Crusty Bread Recipe and Easy Giant Cookie Recipe.
Oh Shawna this looks so delicious! My father in law has a ton of rhubarb in his garden so o will have to try this. Thank you…pinned this!
Thank you Kelly. We have a lot more rhubarb recipes I’d like to share!
This cake looks so moist and tasty, Shawna!
Thank you Jenn. It is very moist and I like the balance of sweetness and tartness.
Looks delicious. We too use rhubarb, makes the best pies. I live outside Hamilton, Ontario on a chicken farm.
Rhubarb pies are my favourite! We used to live in London, and travel to Hamilton often when I was a child as my dad had baseball games there. It’s such a pretty area, especially in the fall.
Shawna this looks so yummy! I have always loved rhubarb pie but haven’t tried any other recipes. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Caitlin! We have prolific rhubarb so it takes a lot of recipes to get through just half of it.