Rhubarb Cake Recipe for Rhubarb Crunch



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Rhubarb Cake Recipe for Rhubarb Crunch


Rhubarb Cake Recipe

   Ingredients required
one 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup sour milk
2 cups and 1 tbsp flour
3 cups rhubarb, cut fine

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Rhubarb Cake Recipe

   Cream sugar and shortening, add salt and egg. Store soda in sour milk and add alternately with flour. Stir in rhubarb. Spread and 13 by 9 inch pan and top with mixture of 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup chopped nuts, 1 teaspoon cinnamon (1/4 cup colored candy sprinkles may be added for extra color to cake ingredients.) Bake 1 hour.

Rhubarb Crunch

   Ingredients required
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream or sour milk
2 cups flour
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 1/2 cup chopped raw rhubarb

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Rhubarb Crunch Recipe

   Mix in order given. Put in greased 13 by 9 inch pan. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake 40 minutes. Serves 12.


Rhubarb Cake Recipe

   Ingredients required
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, well beat
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour, shifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter milk
2 cups finely cut rhubarb
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Rhubarb Cake Recipe

   Cream brown sugar, butter. Add will beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients, and add alternately with buttermilk. Beat thoroughly. Fold the finally cut rhubarb into batter. Mixed a 1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over cake. Bake in a 8 by 13 inch pan for 40 minutes.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup