Rhubarb Upside Down Cake with Warm Vanilla Sauce

Nothing is simpler than topping fruit with a cake batter and baking it. Once baked just turn it upside down on a serving plate and you have a delicious dessert. I like to make a warm vanilla sauce to drizzle over each piece...and why not add a scoop of ice cream!

Ingredients for cake batter:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Method:

1. Beat butter until creamy.
2. Add eggs and sugar and beat well.
3. In a separate bowl stir together dry ingredients.
4. In a separate bowl add vanilla to buttermilk.
5. Alternately add milk and flour mixtures to butter mixture until well incorporated.

Ingredients for fruit mixture:

• 2 cups rhubarb
• 2 tbsp flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Method:

1. Stir together the flour and sugar.
2. Add Rhubarb and stir well.
3. Pour melted butter over fruit mixture and stir.
4. Place the fruit mixture in the bottom of a greased 9" round cake pan.
5. Top with batter.
6. Bake in 350º oven for 30 minutes.

Warm Vanilla Sauce:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter

1. Melt butter in microwave.
2. Add milk and sugar, stir well and microwave for one minute. Stir and heat another minute until bubbling.
3. Add vanilla and stir well. Serve warm over individual servings.