Rhubarb Almond Cake
Andrea "Andee" Wasson
ingredients
- • 1/2 cup + 1 tbl butter
- • 1 cup raw sugar
- • 3 eggs
- • 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- • 2 teaspoons baking powder
- • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- • 3/4 cup ground almonds
- • 3/4 cup milk
- • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- • 1 cup rhubarb, sliced in 1/2" pieces
- Topping
- • 2 1/2 Tbl butter
- • 1/2 cup plain flour
- • 1/2 cup raw sugar
- • 1/4 cup flaked almonds
directions
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1. Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin.
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2. In an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until soft and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until fully incorporated after each addition
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3. Sift flour, baking powder and sugar into egg mixture. Add the ground almonds, milk and vanilla and fold through gently with a metal spoon until just combined, do not overmix.
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4. Spoon mixture into the prepared cake tin and then scatter the sliced rhubarb over the top.
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5. To make the topping, rub butter and flour using your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs. Stir through sugar and almonds. Scatter topping over rhubarb.
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6. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin. Serve sliced, with double cream or mascarpone if desired.
notes
Great with homemade icecream!
Source: Andrea "Andee" Wasson
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