Title: Moist Rhubarb Coffeecake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 9 Servings

2	c	Cake flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Plus 2 tablespoons light
		Brown sugar, packed
1/4	c	Thawed, frozen egg
		Substitute
1	c	Nonfat palin yogurt
1/2	c	Applesauce
1	ts	Vanilla
3	c	Coarsely chopped rhubarb

Rhubarb with its uniquely tangy taste, is a favorite spring fruit of many midwestern and east coast transplants. Just stir diced uncooked rhubarb into the coffeecake batter and bake. (By Times Food Stylists) Sift together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into large bowl. Stir in cup brown sugar. Place egg substitue in bowl. Stir in yogurt, applesauce and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture just until ingredients are almost blended. Quickly stir in rhubarb just until mixed. Turn into 9-inch-square pan sprayed with non-stick vegetable spray or lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle top evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake at 350 degrees F. 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done in center. Each serving contains: 219 calories; 215 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 0 fat; 50 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams protein; 0.41 gram fiber.

Recipe from: Los Angeles Times Newspaper, Thursday April 30, 1992. By Minnie Bernardino and Donna Deane, Times Food Stylists.

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