Title:
Rhubarb Crumble Cake
Yield: 10 Servings
Ingredients
14 oz rhubarb, trimmed weight
10 oz self-raising flour
7 oz butter
4 oz caster sugar
3 oz pale muscovado sugar
1 orange
1 1/2 oz chopped hazelnut
kernels
1/2 ts ground cinnamon
2 lg eggs
Instructions
First make the nutty crumble
topping. Sift 4 oz flour into
a bowl, and add 3 oz butter.
Do not rub in the fat but
cut it in with a pastry blender
or a pair of knives used like
scissors. Stir in the muscovado
sugar and nuts and set aside.
Sift the remaining 6 oz flour
and the cinnamon into a separate
bowl and reserve. Slice the
rhubarb into 1-inch chunks
and finely grate the zest
of the orange over it. Cream
the remaining 1/4 lb butter
with the caster sugar until
pale, creamy and light. Break
up the eggs with a fork and
add them to the butter mixture
a little at a time, alternating
with spoonfuls of the flour
and cinnamon and add 2 tablespoons
of orange juice.
Spoon the cake mixture evenly
over the base of a 9-inch
spring-clip tin that has been
greased, lined and greased
again. Scatter the rhubarb
and orange mixture evenly
over the top then cover the
fruit with the nutty
crumble mixture. Bake at 350
F (180 C) gas mark 4 for about
1 1/4 hours.
Leave in a warm draught-free
place to cool down slowly
after baking and wait until
the crumble-cake is completely
cold before taking it out
of the tin.
Wait until the next day before
eating.