Rhubarb Or Apple Cake Food

FRENCH-STYLE APPLE RHUBARB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch round pan.
• Beat 1 1/4 cups sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until well blended, light, and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, followed by vanilla extract, mixing well after each addition.
• Turn mixer to low speed and slowly add in flour, baking powder, and salt, mixing just until combined. Fold in rhubarb.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Smooth the top and place apple slices in a circular pattern on batter. Sprinkle almonds and additional sugar on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool, and serve warm or cold.

RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar together in mixing bowl.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in sour cream and vanilla.
• Mix flour and baking soda together and fold into batter.
• Stir in rhubarb.
• Turn into greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Topping: Mix all ingredients together until crumbly.
• Sprinkle over top.
• Bake 30-40 minutes until done.

RHUBARB OR APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar(it does not get to the consistency of white sugar and butter).
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Sift in a tablespoon of flour first and fold it in (a trick my mummy always taught me).
• Sift in the rest of the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; fold it together.
• Add rhubarb, lemon rind and sour cream; combine well.
• Pour into a 22cm cake tin.
• Bake at 180 degrees C for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Topping (optional): 80g brown sugar with cinnamon.

APPLE AND RHUBARB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees C, Grease a 26 cm spring pan.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl cream butter with sugar for about 5 minutes. Add one egg at a time until well incorporated. Add the vanilla extract, mix well. Turn mixer to low and slowly add the flour mixture. Don't over mix.
• Flod in the cut rhubarb and transfer dough to baking pan. Smooth the top. Sprinkle on the almonds.
• Baked for about 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack.

APPLE, RHUBARB & CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Roll out the pastry to the thickness of £1 coin and use it to line a 23cm tart tin. Cut a round of baking paper bigger than the tin and place in the tin with baking beans on top. Bake blind for 15 mins, then remove the beans and bake for a further 10-15 mins until lightly golden. Remove the tart from the oven and turn the oven down to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
• While the tart is in the oven, prepare the filling. Gently heat the rhubarb, apple, caster sugar and orange juice in a small pan for 10 mins until fruit is soft, but still holding its shape. Once cooked, remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly while you make the custard.
• Heat the cream, milk and vanilla pod in a small pan and bring to the boil. Whisk the eggs and sugar in a separate bowl. When the cream mix has reached boiling point, pour this over the eggs while still whisking, then pour the mix through a sieve into a clean bowl or jug and add the orange zest.
• Once the tart case is cooked, scatter the fruit over the bottom of the case and pour the custard on top. Place the tart in the oven and cook for 30-35 mins until the custard is just set. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely before cutting into slices.

RHUBARB, APPLE AND GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and the sugar until smooth. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, and the honey/syrup.
• Stir in the flour and baking powder. Finely chop the stem ginger and add this to the mixture, along with the chopped fruit. Stir it all in, it should form a nice, gloopy batter.
• Pour the mixture into a medium sized baking tray (for a tray-bake style cake) or a cake tin (for a more traditional circular cake).
• Bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees celcius for 1 hour and 15 minutes. When cooked, a knife inserted into the centre should come out clean. Take the tray/tin out of the oven and leave to cool before cutting into square or slices. Enjoy with a cup of tea mid afternoon, or warm with custard for pudding!