Rhubarb Cake
Ingredients:

  • ¼ cup shortening

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  • 1 cup sugar

  • 2 tablespoons molasses (dark)

  • 1 cup cold, thick unsweetened rhubarb sauce

  • 1 teaspoon soda

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon cloves

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 2 cups sifted flour

  • 1 cup raisins or ½ cup each raisins and nuts

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    Directions:
    Cream shortening and sugar well.  Add molasses and rhubarb sauce and blend together.  Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture.  Add fruit and nuts and bake in a greased loaf pan at 350° for about 50 minutes or until done.
     
    Courtesy of:
    Washington Rhubarb Growers Association
    253-863-7333

    We harvest Washington rhubarb from hothouses January through March and then hand cut from fields April through September.  The colorful plant is grown in our valley, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

    www.ci.sumner.wa.us