Rhubarb Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• red food coloring (optional)
• 1 lb rhubarb, finely chopped (about 3 to 3 1/2 cups)
• 1 (18 ounce) package cake mix
• 3 egg whites (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• whipped cream, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine melted butter, sugar and a few drops of red food coloring (if desired); gently stir in chopped rhubarb.
• 3 spread in a buttered 13 x 9 cake pan.
• 4 prepare cake mix according to package directions and then pour over rhubarb mixture.
• 5 bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until cake is done.
• 6 remove cake from oven and immediately run spatula around edge of pan and invert onto serving plate.
• 7 before lifting the pan off, let syrup drain onto the cake for a few minutes.
• 8 cut while still warm.
• 9 top each serving with a dollop of whipped cream or serve with a rich homemade vanilla ice cream scoop.