Why not try making this Rhubarb Spice Cake Recipe.
Serves:- 12 people
Preperation Time :- 30 minutes
Cooking Time:- 50 minutes
Ready in:- 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients:-
- 30g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 175ml milk
- 250g sifted plain flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 250g rhubarb, cut into 1cm pieces
Lemon sauce
- 400g caster sugar
- 4 tablespoons cornflour
- 600ml water
- 60g butter
- 2 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
Method of Rhubarb Spice Cake
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Grease and flour a 22x33cm cake tin. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together 30g butter and 200g sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in the chopped rhubarb. Pour mixture into prepared tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool. Serve with Lemon Sauce.
- To make the Lemon sauce: In a saucepan, mix together 400g sugar and 4 tablespoons cornflour. Stir in the water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat and stir in 60g butter, lemon zest and lemon juice. Stir in 1 or 2 drops yellow food coloring if desired.
We hope you find this recipe useful and enjoy using your rhubarb to make it.
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