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Monday, July 17, 2017

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake

I love rhubarb. I want straight up rhubarb desserts. For me, there's no need to mix other stuff in to disguise the tartness, that's what makes it good! Well my husband and children would disagree. Sometime I wonder if these kids even belong to me! How can anyone not appreciate this wonderful unique vegetable? As much as it pained me to do it, I tried something new. Turned out it's crazy delicious! I received a recipe for rhubarb dump cake from my dad. He tried it and said that it was too sweet for him so I started experimenting and tweaking the recipe. Thankfully I have my own rhubarb plant that is gigantic, so I have lots to work with.

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree

If you don't know, rhubarb is a stalky vegetable with large leaves. You cannot eat the leaves! You can find it growing wild outdoors, in the grocery store(fresh or frozen) or if you're lucky like me, you can have a thriving plant in your own yard. There are different varieties. Mostly you'll see the bright red stalks but my plant has green stalks with a little red on the bottom. I think they taste the same.

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Recipe
1 can strawberry pie filling
4-6 cups cut up rhubarb(fresh or frozen)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick butter melted

little lemon juice, optional

This is a dump cake so you literally "dump" it all together. First combine the pie filling, rhubarb and a little lemon juice if you have it. I think the lemon juice gives it a little something, but if you don't have any it's fine without. I say 4-6 cups rhubarb because it depends on personal taste. I love the tartness of rhubarb so I put the whole 6 cups and even leave out a little of the strawberry jelly of the pie filling. 

The rhubarb and pie filling goes into the bottom of a glass baking dish. Now sprinkle the cake mix evenly on top of the fruit mixture. Yes, just the powdery cake mix. I find if I use the whole box it's too sweet for my taste. I usually sprinkle 2/3 of the powder. Now just evenly pour the melted butter all over the top. 

Bake in 350 oven for 45 mins to an hour. The top will start to get brown and the filling will be bubbly. Let it cool down because this is HOT! Serve with vanilla ice cream and try not to eat it all at once. 

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake, Over The Apple Tree




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8 comments:

  1. I am with you! I love rhubarb and want it any way I can get it! The season is too short here so I like to try new recipes. Thanks for this one!

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  2. Very special and interesting recipe! Thank you for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party :)

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  3. Well that seems like the kind of desert everyone should have in their repertoire! I love things when you just sling it all in and it comes out looking this good. Thanks for sharing at #HandmadeMonday

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  4. This looks wonderful :) Thanks for sharing with us at the To Grandma's house we go link party - I will be featuring this at tomorrow's party!

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  5. Looks so good. Thanks for sharing your recipe at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Sharing

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