Gelatin Rhubarb Dessert
published by Annie Hintsala on Jun 16, 2009
This is a summer treat I used to love growing up, an old fashioned rhubarb dessert. With red gelatin.
I shall deliver this recipe as it was delivered to me, as it was delivered to my Mother, more or less as it was delivered to her Mother from my Great Grandmother.
It may not be all that conventional, but chemistry like measurements in cooking is a relatively new thing, looking at the history of the world, and I find that the more opened recipes are usually the best.
Ingredients
- One 9 inch baking dish
- 4 cups of diced rhubarb
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 package of red gelatin dessert, any flavor of ‘red’ (my Mom’s recipe specifies Jello, but I’m not that picky)
- 1 “small package of light colored cake mix” (What this means to me. A regular cake in a box, white or yellow, take half, or double the recipe and use a large cake pan and the whole cake mix.)
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup melted margarine
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Method
- Place the rhubarb in the baking dish. Sprinkle the sugar and red gelatin evenly over the rhubarb. Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over that. Add the water and melted butter. DO NOT STIR!
- Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
- It’s great with a whipped topping or vanilla ice cream.
# 1 by Christine Ramsay
June 16th, 2009 at 7:41 am #
That sounds really good.
Christine
# 2 by hfj
June 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm #
My wife absolutely loves rhubard pie. I will copy this recipe for her. I might even get back on her good side, if she has one.
# 3 by Daisy Peasblossom
June 16th, 2009 at 4:15 pm #
This sounds yummy and easy enough to cook with the grandkids.
# 4 by OhSugar
June 16th, 2009 at 8:09 pm #
I eating geltain very often but think it would be interesting to make it with rhubarb next time. Nice
# 5 by Joe Dorish
June 17th, 2009 at 8:39 am #
Wow trying to imagine the taste, very interesting.
# 6 by Jeffrey B. Merrow
June 18th, 2009 at 7:32 pm #
Ok thats it. I’m comming over to your house for desert. Sounds good. Well done.
# 7 by Pat
June 24th, 2009 at 7:52 pm #
I love your moms rhubarb pie. I to remember it.