Despite everything working against me this recipe was delicious. It was taken from the Yahoo Dutch Oven mailing list. No pictures but it wasn't a pretty cake at all.
3 C. fresh rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 C. sugar
2 tsp. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 C. butter or margarine, melted
Batter:
1-1/2 C. all-purpose flour
3/4 C. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 C. butter or margarine, melted
2/3 C. milk
1 egg
sweetened whip cream, optionalPlace rhubarb in a greased 10 inch dutch oven. Combine sugar, flour & nutmeg; sprinkle over rhubarb. Drizzle with butter.
For batter, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt & nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Add butter, milk and egg; beat mixture until smooth. Spread over rhubarb mixture.
Bake at 350° (21 coals for a 10" 14top/7 bottom) for 35 minutes or until the cake tests done. Loosen edges immediately and invert onto serving dish. Serve warm, topped with whipped cream in desired. 8 - 10 servings.
I followed everything as stated, including coal count. However, the recipe calls for a 10 incher and I used my 12. Everything was fine but I probably would up the rhubarb count from 3 cups to get a bit better coverage on the bottom. I also baked it for about 40 minutes and it came out slightly burnt in the middle bottom despite rotating the oven. That's probably the fault of lazy coal placement on the bottom. The flip was not very smooth: the cake sorta folded over itself in one part and I burned myself. I also lost a lot of rhubarb topping burnt and stuck to the bottom of the pan. Reading up on cake flips on the dutch oven mailing list I guess people use tinfoil for proper upside-down flips, if this cake is repeated (and it will be!) I'll have to do it in foil.
The topping perfectly captured what sugar and rhubarb should taste like. The cake was delicious and the butter and nutmeg gave a taste that was subtly buttery, creamy and nutmeggy. Up next is either a repeat of this or a rhubarb pie attempt. I may also need to reach out to friends or the general internet for more rhubarb!