This cake is delicious warm or cold. If you can’t find rhubarb, simply peel and roughly chop some pears — they work superbly. The perfect accompaniment for this cake is a bowl of lightly whipped cream (either with or without a little icing sugar), with a dash of vanilla and a good sprinkling of cinnamon.
Cake
125 g | Butter |
2 cups | Brown sugar |
2 | Eggs |
2 cups | Flour |
1 tsp | Lemon juice |
1 cup | Milk |
1 tsp | Baking soda |
3 stalks | Rhubarb, sliced into 2cm pieces (Main) |
Walnut crumble
1 Tbsp | Butter |
½ cup | Sugar |
1 tsp | Cinnamon |
2 Tbsp | Chopped walnuts (Main) |
Directions
- Heat the oven to 180C. Grease a 23cm round cake tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat well, mix in the flour.
- Add the lemon juice to the milk, then add in the baking soda.
- Mix everything until well combined then fold through the rhubarb and pour into the tin.
- For the crumble, melt the butter in a small saucepan then stir in the sugar and cinnamon, mix until well combined.
- Carefully spoon on top of the cake, covering evenly, and sprinkle walnuts over the top.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes until the cake is cooked, or when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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