Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie … check this nice dessert: Easy rhubarb cake
How to Make Easy rhubarb cake
Preparation time:
less than 30 mins
Cooking time:
1 to 2 hours
Serves:
Serves 10–12
Dietary:
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 200g/7oz softened butter
- 200g/7oz caster sugar
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g/7oz ground almonds
- 200g/7oz self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 300g/10½oz slender young rhubarb
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 23cm/9in springform cake tin with butter and line the base with baking paper.
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Put the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla or almond extract, almonds, flour and baking powder in a food mixer or food processor. Beat until smooth and thick.
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Spoon the cake batter into the prepared tin. Top with the rhubarb, pressing it down gently. Sprinkle with the reserved 3 tablespoons of sugar.
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Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cover with foil if the cake starts to overbrown before it is cooked in the centre.
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Cool in the tin for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Serve warm or cold.
