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Ingredients

  • For the Cake
  • Butter or oil spray to grease cake tin
  • 400g rhubarb
  • 1 cup sugar, divided
  • 1 cup white flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 75g butter, softened
  • 1 tsp finely grated orange zest
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • For the Crumb Topping
  • ½ cup plain white flour
  • ¼ cup soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 25 g butter, melted

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Rhubarb Buckle Cake

rhubarb buckle cake oct 13th

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180C /160C fan assisted, with rack in one level lower than centre
  • Lightly grease 18cm square cake tin with cooking spray or butter, and line with greaseproof paper, leaving an overhang on 2 sides (this acts as a handle)
  • Stir together rhubarb - trimmed and cut (on the angle) into ½ cm thick slices, and half cup sugar; set aside to macerate
  • Whisk together flour and baking powder
  • Beat together butter, remaining cup sugar, and the orange zest until light and fluffy
  • Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then beat in vanilla
  • Beat in flour mixture in 2 additions, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture
  • Make the crumb topping: Stir together flour, ginger, brown sugar, add melted butter; stir to combine
  • Pour mixture into prepared tin
  • Top with rhubarb mixture, and sprinkle with crumb topping
  • Bake until golden on top and cooked through, about 45 minutes, check the cake however as it can take a little less time or sometimes a little more
  • Let cool completely in tin on wire rack, then lift cake from pan using greaseproof paper
  • Remove greaseproof paper before serving, cut buckle into 4cm squares

Comments

Thanks to Butlers Berries for the rhubarb used in this demonstration

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