Saturday 11 November 2017

SUNDAY AT THE MANOR ......RHUBARB CAKE

RHUBARB CAKE .......
My second harvest of the season and this time I used the fresh rhubarb stalks  in a cake .......


Preheat your oven to 160 deg C.
Place these ingredients in the bowl of your electric mixer
1and 1/2 cups of castor sugar
1/2 cup of butter /marg at room  temp .
1 egg lightly beaten
2 cups of plain flour
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 tsp of bi carb of soda
1 cup of sour milk   ( add 1 dsp of vinegar to the milk )
1/2 tsp of salt .
Beat to a smooth batter .
Add 2 cups of fresh rhubarb cut into small slices .
Place in a greased and lined square or oblong pan .
In a separate bowl mix together 1/2 cup of soft brown sugar with 1 tbs of softened marg / butter .
Sprinkle evenly over the cake .
Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean .
This is a simple beautiful butter cake made with rhubarb ....
 

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