Sue's Rhubarb Coffee Cake

6/8/2010

For the Coffee Cake:

2 cups flour

1 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon allspice

2 eggs

cup cooking oil

1/3 cup milk

2 cups fresh rhubarb cut in -inch pieces

For the Topping:

2/3 cup flour

cup brown sugar

4 tablespoons butter

cup chopped nuts, walnuts are good

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift dry ingredients together. Place eggs, oil, and milk in another bowl and beat to combine. Add the liquid ingredients to the bowl of dry. Fold in rhubarb.

Pour batter into a 9-by-13-inch greased pan.

To make topping: Fork together the flour, sugar, and butter to streusel texture, then mix in the chopped nuts.

Spoon the topping over the batter in your pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Test with a toothpick. Keeps well.

Yield: 10 to 12 servings