Rhubarb Upside Down Cake - Celebrating Rhubarb Season in Michigan!

I've done a lot of rhubarb recipes on Cavalcade of Food over the years because I really enjoy the flavor. Here in Michigan, rhubarb harvest usually begins in early June, which makes it one of the first vegetables harvested each year. The rhubarb that grows in my yard is really tart, so this recipe creates a nice balance of the sweet and tart on top of an old-fashioned cake. Great served warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream!

Top:
3 cups rhubarb, chopped small
1 1/4 cups miniature marshmallows
10 maraschino cherries, cut in half
1/2 cup sugar
Cake:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease an 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish. Put down rhubarb in an even layer. Sprinkle marshmallows over rhubarb, then add the cherries, then sprinkle the 1/2 sugar over the top. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and combine. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt and baking powder. Combine dry mixture alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture until all is well blended. Batter will be on the thick side. Spread batter evenly over rhubarb mixture.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean. Transfer to cooling rack. Allow cake to cool for 5-10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake to make sure it is loosened from the baking dish. Invert cake on to plate. Allow to cool before serving. Great served still slightly warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
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[meredithlynn]

Oh how I miss the michigan rhubarb season, going into the garden and snapping a stalk of rhubarb. We would sit on the back porch, after we had cleaned the rhubarb stalk under the garden spout, and dip it into the sugar bowl, crunch crunch, yum yum….Thanks for sharing your sweet rhubarb treat with us❤😊 Enjoy your day!!!

[tootsusa]

Well this topic is right on time! Just harvested my first rhubarb and making an apple rhubarb cake for my Dad for Father's Day

[suzanneandersen]

Greetings Kevin and MaryAnn! I love, love, love rhubarb! My mom and dad always had a rhubarb patch next to their garden ever since I was a young girl, so many memories of sitting on our picnic table with a shot glass filled with sugar and dipping a peeled stalk of rhubarb into it at every bite, gosh it was so good. They still have their rhubarb patch, my dad will be 100 on July 5th, and my mom is 98. We are so blessed to still have them and we’re still eating rhubarb! This looks like a wonderful recipe Kevin, I’ll definitely try it! Always thank you so much for taking the time to share it! 😊

[dianadunaway]

Really intriguing using the mini marshmallows and 🍒 cherries👍 serve that cake warm with vanilla
ice cream, a dollop of whipped cream and in a pinch some Cool Whip👍👍👍👏 Rhubarb sort of does celebrate the bringing of summertime 👏

[kvcooks]

I just made a rhubarb upside down cake last week! My plant is an heirloom from my great-grandmother's garden in Echo Minnesota- the roots have been divided and transplanted everywhere from Los Angeles to Chicago and now Seattle. Anyway, the cake is one of our favorite desserts and my dad will be getting one for Father's Day. I make mine with browned butter and brown sugar.

[rcdoodles]

I’ve not eaten a marshmallow in decades but this recipe is so unusual, my curiosity is piqued! I’m going to try it. 4 huge rhubarb plants live happily on the south side of my house in central MN. Normally I make rhubarb marmalade, strawberry-rhubarb jam and rhubarb crisp but will try your recipe this week. Your Corning ware baking dish is a gem! The wheat pattern is hard to find but looked great in the video. Thank you for a fun new recipe to try!

[TerryGale-yd]

Hi Kevin, I have fond memories of going to my grandma's house and going out to her garden and eat rhubarb with salt on it.

[JC-hueq]

Thanks so much for this recipe. My husband and I both watched. We are from Pennsylvania and our Rhubarb is beautiful - and ready to harvest. I am making the cake for Father's Day. If you add yard and leaf clippings to your rhubarb in the fall, a nice big mound, it will grow twice as thick in the spring :)

[HumbleVoyager]

Hi Kevin and Mary Ann! That cake is just a beautiful thing. Thanks for the video. Rhubarb is a great looking plant. Always makes me smile. Have a wonderful day!!

[jamessheridan]

Kevin, you had me a little worried there for a minute, playin' fast and loose with that rhubarb leaf. YIKES!

[debbiehanson]

This looks delicious! Definitely going to try this one. I'm very lucky to have a rhubarb patch that is over 80 years old and still going strong.

[wmalden]

A friend of our family that lived in Nebraska used to make Rhubarb wine.
I was too young to try it but my parents said it was “different”.
His wife made a great strawberry rhubarb pie which I always enjoyed.

[jennyhighers]

I grew up on a farm in Indiana and we had rhubarb… and strawberries. Grandma made fresh rhubarb strawberry jam
every summer… I wish I had the
recipe. I live in town and I still have my strawberries and rhubarb growing in a raised bed in the back yard.

[judyp.]

I’ve never had rhubarb anything! But your recipes are always delicious so gotta try😋. I wish I lived in Michigan because it’s been Summer now for a couple of months now in Texas. Thanks Kevin and Mary Ann for a wonderful video and recipe.

[Bob-mlmv]

Hi Kevin good seeing your video once again. Interesting looking cake

[gloskindredkitchen]

Looks delicious! I never thought of putting marshmallows and maraschino cherries with rhubarb before. Great idea. Love rhubarb!

[joeschulz]

That cake looks good. I've got some rhubarb patches around my house. I make rhubarb chutney and rhubarb juice concentrate and add it to lemonade. Good video and content as always. 👍🏻

[Susan-puxj]

Another great video. I live in Florida and am not that familiar with rhubarb. I’ve enjoyed some of your older videos using rhubarb, and this cake looks delicious. Your videos are so informative and enjoyable.

[RYANBENNETT-lhyw]

Thats some fancy Cursive and Awesome recipe I give IT 10 OUT OF 10 ROYAL DIMONDS

[myheartisinjapan]

Oh that looks lovely! I’m a big fan of rhubarb! I make compote with it every time I get it.