My bf's aunt's treasured recipe, constantly requested by guests of hers who's tried her famous Rhubarb cake. Cut out from a NZ newspaper, here's the description on the article: This is a recipe given to Marsden Principal Jenny Williams by her mother. Jenny has baked it for the school administration staff and they think it is absolutely delicious.

Ingredients

12 serv.

g self-raising flour (1 cup)↗170
g margarine (or butter)↗100
g caster sugar (almost 1 cup)↗120
g rhubarb (about 6 sticks)↗250
g chopped dates (about 12 dates)120
large egg↗1
tablespoons milk (roughly)↗4

Step-by-step instructions

1
Preheat oven to 170c degrees.
2
Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
3
Sift flour, add butter in small pieces. Rub in until evenly distributed, stir in sugar.
4
Wipe and cut rhubarb into small cubes then add to flour with milk together and stir into other ingredients.
5
Bake for 35 minutes or until golden on top.
6
Cool in tin for 10 minutes then turn on to wire rack to cool. Freezes well.

Source: food.com

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