Blueberry Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb is another veggie that makes me think of summertime. I’ve mentioned this before, but growing up, I wouldn’t touch it. My dad absolutely loves it. He makes rhubarb rolls fairly often and the first time I remember enjoying them was when I made them for Hubby last year. Another indication of how my tastes have changed as I grow older…

Even though rhubarb is in fact a veggie, I always think of desserts when I think rhubarb. There’s just something about the tartness of the rhubarb that makes desserts so great.

So when I got a ton of rhubarb from my coworker, I started looking for recipes to make with it. I was trying so hard to find a savory treat, but just kept going back to this pie.

Hubby’s favorite pie of all time is blueberry pie and I was intrigued by the combination of a blueberry-rhubarb pie. We all know rhubarb is usually paired with strawberries or even raspberries, but this combination is just as good if not better. Hubby said it was like a tart blueberry pie.

As you can probably tell from the pictures, we enjoyed this pie at a friend’s house. A weekend at the Cape with great friends and a summery pie is as close to perfect as it gets! And, if you go blueberry picking like we did, be sure to freeze some berries for delicious treats all year! I just throw clean berries on a baking sheet and pop them in the freezer. Once frozen, throw the berries in a ziplock bag.

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Blueberry Rhubarb Pie

Yield: 8

Ingredients:

3 cups diced rhubarb
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 pinch salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
juice from 1/2 lemon
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 double pie crust
2 Tbsp butter, cut up
Decorating sugar

Directions:

Preheat an oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Toss the rhubarb and blueberries in a bowl with the salt, nutmeg, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch until evenly mixed.

Pour into the pie shell and dot with butter. Cover the filled crust with the top crust and flute the edges. Cut a few decorative steam vents in the top crust. Sprinkle the crust with decorating sugar; cover the fluted edges with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning. Place the pie tin on the prepared baking sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 and bake 35 minutes longer.

Remove the foil and bake until the crust is golden and juice is bubbling through the slits, about 15 minutes more. Cool completely before serving.

Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.com

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16 Responses to “Coconut Layer Cake Filled with Lemon Curd”

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    Erica @ Inandaroundtown — April 6, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    WOW – I would like to have a piece of that cake as soon as possible! looks beautiful and delicious!

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    FunandFearlessinBeantown — April 6, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    This cake looks beautiful and I love the addition of toasted coconut!

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    Christina — April 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    I love love cakes with coconut. So delicious.

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    Maria — April 6, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    Beautiful cake!

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    DeliciousDish — April 6, 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Totally agree – the more layers the better! The cake looks stunning!

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    Paula Kelly-Bourque — April 6, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    Had I been at your dinner party you wouldn’t have had to cook anything. I would have just completely indulged in this gorgeous cake!

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    Evan — April 6, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    This cake looks incredible! coconut and lemon are two of my favorite flavors; I’m glad you don’t have to choose one or the other with this recipe.

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    Bianca Garcia — April 6, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    This sounds wonderful. Coconut with lemon curd, yummmm!

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    Taryn — April 6, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    This looks fantastic – so springy and beautiful, and absolutely delish 🙂

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    ammy 92 — April 6, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    what a wonderful cake!

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    ErinsFoodFiles — April 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Beautiful cake! I’ve been craving a coconut cake, but I know too many people who don’t like coconut cake that if I made it I wouldn’t have anyone to share. Boo.

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    Shannon — April 6, 2011 at 8:01 pm

    ooh, fabulous. love the lemon curd-coconut combo, and in a layer cake, fun!!

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    A Boston Food Diary — April 6, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    OF COURSE 4 is better than 2!!! This looks amazing….I love the idea of lemon and coconut together-and it’s gorgeous!

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    Aimee — April 6, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    Love lemon curd, love coconut, especially love a cake that lets me “frost” the sides with ease. This looks so yummy!!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — April 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Such a delicious cake! I honestly didn’t know a 6 inch was half of a 9 inch….thank you 🙂

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    Kelly Jaremco — April 29, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    I told my girlfriend I would bake her a cake for her birthday this Sunday !!! I got lemon curd and coconut stuck in my brain, so I started googling… which led me to your page !!! This recipie looks almost perfect !!

    Couple questions…

    Do you think the coconut extract was too strong for the cake, because you also have the browned coconut pcs too? I was considering vanilla bean cake, lemon curd and toasted coconut on the outside… but perhaps that wouldn’t be enough coconut flavour…. your thoughts?

    Lastly… what did you use as the frosting to keep the toasted coconut on? It looks like whipping cream…. ?!?!?

    Thanks !!!
    Kelly

    P.S
    This is the first cake I’ve ever baked !!! lol

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