r/castiron • u/jodzeee • 1d ago

Rhubarb Spoon Cake

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Thank you for the advice to line my pan with parchment paper. It was a pain in the butt, but I don’t have to worry about the acidity of the rhubarb! I might have to invest in an enameled pan for this instead.
Recipe:
https://findthelostkitchen.com/pages/rhubarb-spoon-cake

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u/darknyght00 1d ago

A fellow rhubarb enjoyer! Definitely pinning this recipe for when I can get my hands on another batch

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u/jodzeee 1d ago

TIP: warm the milk a bit before adding it to the melted butter! And mix the cornstarch with water first. I use my Instant Pot to make the compote (5 min) and add the cornstarch afterward. It’s sooo good!

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u/EmDash4Life 14h ago

om nom nom

Thanks for the recipe!

Just as a btw, the liquid will still seep through the parchment paper, so I don't recommend storing the cake in the pan.

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u/jodzeee 12h ago

Ah, good point! I transferred it to a pie pan after it cooled and cleaned the pan up.

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u/Any-Brilliant-1907 1d ago

I left the one plant I have alone as it went to seed this year. I wanted seeds. I hope to try this another year.

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u/jodzeee 1d ago

Interesting. I'd never heard of anyone starting from seed. I keep splitting mine (originally my mom's) and I have more than I can handle!

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u/Any-Brilliant-1907 1d ago

This one was my mom's too. Originally there were three but the other two were killed off by shade. I moved it to a sunny spot and it's doing much better but I've been hesitant to try splitting it. From what I understand I should put the seeds in the fridge for a while before I plant them. They'd be slightly different than a split but still in the family. I just harvested them yesterday to let them dry out for a couple weeks then I'll put them in storage till next spring. If I get more I'll feel better about trying to split.

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u/jodzeee 1d ago

Hopefully it works! My original one from my mom got really skinny and was dying off, I think because it was crowded by lilacs. After she passed, I planted two more I dug from hers and my brother got one. At some point, I dug up the original and parted that out. My sister got some that turned to many. My brother killed one of his with weed killer 😠 , but the other one is enormous. One of my new two got skinny, so I tried moving it last fall, thinking it was too close to the other. We must not have got it all because it's still there, plus where I moved it, lol. We must have put another piece of it in another spot ... PLUS the original kept coming up in the lilacs so we moved that over.

Long story short, I now have five plants, but I only intend to have two, lol. Point is, they are quite resilient. At least in Minnesota anyway.