Rhubarb Coffee Cake
- Title
- Rhubarb Coffee Cake
- Subject
- butter
- sugar
- egg
- flour
- baking soda
- salt
- sour milk
- buttermilk
- rhubarb
- vanilla
- cinnamon
- lemon juice
- vinegar
- Description
- Rhubarb Coffee Cake
½ c butter 1 c sour milk or buttermilk
1½ c sugar 2 c rhubarb, chopped
1 egg, beaten 1 tsp vanilla
2 c flour ½ c sugar
1 tsp soda ½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
Cream shortening and sugar; add egg. Sift flour, soda &
salt and add alternately with sour milk. Gently blend
in rhubarb and vanilla. Pour into 9 bu 13-inch baking
pan. Sprinkle top with ½ cup sugar and ½ tsp cinnamon.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. Yield about
12 servings. (To turn milk sour, add t T of lemon
juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk.)
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# Rhubarb Coffee Cake
## Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
- 2 cups rhubarb, chopped
- 1 tsp vanilla
## Topping
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
## Instructions
1. Cream butter and sugar; add egg.
2. Sift flour, soda, and salt and add alternately with sour milk.
3. Gently blend in rhubarb and vanilla.
4. Pour into a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
5. Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
7. Yields about 12 servings.
8. To turn milk sour, add 1 Tbsp of lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Typed recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0006-20260609-0159
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
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Citation
Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka, “Rhubarb Coffee Cake,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed August 27, 2026, https://www.recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1542.