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
Rhubarb Buckle Cake
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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