Rhubarb Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake

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By Aaron Hutcherson

Rhubarb starts to marque its quality successful precocious spring, a motion that summertime and warmer days are soon to come. Rhubarb’s pleasant tartness is what makes it large successful desserts, lending equilibrium to a recipe's sweetness. Here, it's paired with a cardamom-scented cornmeal barroom cooked successful a cast-iron skillet. Any colour of rhubarb volition do, but the heavy reddish stalks are large for a spot of colour contrast. The barroom is large connected its own, but a scoop of crystal pick oregon a dollop of whipped pick oregon adjacent creme fraiche would adhd a cool, creamy element.

Note(s): This barroom tin besides beryllium baked successful a 9-inch springform oregon circular barroom cookware with 5 to 10 minutes added to the baking time. If utilizing a springform pan, wrapper the bottommost of the cookware with foil and/or cook connected a baking expanse successful lawsuit of leaks.

Try to acquisition rhubarb stalks of akin thickness for easier pattern-making.

Storage: This barroom tin beryllium loosely covered astatine country somesthesia for up to 3 days.

Correction: An earlier mentation of this look for included incorrect accusation regarding the grams of sweetener per slice. Each portion has 30 grams of sugar. The look has been corrected.

From Voraciously unit writer Aaron Hutcherson.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10 (one 10-inch cake)

  • 1 1/2 sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cupful (110 grams) packed airy brownish sugar
  • 12 ounces (340 grams) rhubarb, trimmed and chopped into 2-inch pieces (see NOTE)
  • 1 1/4 cups (155 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cupful (80 grams) yellowish cornmeal, preferably mean grind
  • 1 spoon crushed cardamom
  • 1 spoon baking powder
  • 1/4 spoon baking soda
  • 1/4 spoon good oversea salt
  • 1 cupful (200 grams) granulated sugar
  • 2 ample eggs, astatine country temperature
  • 1 spoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cupful (120 milliliters) well-shaken buttermilk, astatine country temperature

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

  • Calories

    346

  • Fat

    15 g

  • Saturated Fat

    9 g

  • Carbohydrates

    49 g

  • Sodium

    159 mg

  • Cholesterol

    75 mg

  • Protein

    4 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    30 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Voraciously unit writer Aaron Hutcherson.

Tested by Aaron Hutcherson and Ann Maloney.

Published June 2, 2021

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Updated March 17, 2026

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