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Rhubarb Tea Cake Recipe.

Posted on February 22, 2016 12 Comments

Lately it seems like I’ve been baking the same old things again, and again, and again.

I know my kids love muesli bars and cookies, but I’ve made those so many times I know the recipes by hear, and I’m getting sick of them. Time for something new!

So I’ve been going through some of my old blog posts and finding recipes I used to cook years ago and reviving them!

I first shared the recipe for this easy rhubarb tea cake way back in 2012. I used to make it a lot back then and I remember how good it was to eat it straight from the oven, still warm with a dollop of cream or yogurt.

Rhubarb Tea Cake - a deliciously easy cake recipe

It’s time this recipe was brought back into circulation and given a new lease of life, so I baked it on the weekend, and it’s just as good as I remember it!

Rhubarb Tea Cake Recipe.
Author: picklebums.com
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients
  • Four medium sized stalks of rhubarb plus some water and a sprinkle of sugar to cook it.
  • 60 grams butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar (or any other sweetener you like)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups self raising flour (or plain flour with 3 tsp baking powder)
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • Cinnamon sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 180 Celsius and line and grease a 20 cm round cake tin or equivalent.
  2. Wash the rhubarb and set aside one stalk for later.
  3. Cut the remaining rhubarb into chunks and put them into a microwave safe bowl with a little water and a sprinkle of sugar and microwave them till they are just starting to soften but still retain their shape.
  4. In a medium bowl cream the butter and sugar, add the egg, and beat well.
  5. Stir in the flour and milk alternatively.
  6. Add the cooked rhubarb and stir it gently through the batter.
  7. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and arrange the pieces of left over rhubarb on the top, gently pushing it into the mixture a little.
  8. Sprinkle the top of the cake with lots of cinnamon sugar.
  9. Bake in a moderate oven (180 C) for approx 45 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
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Please note: this recipe uses Australian measurements and cooking temperatures, if you need to convert measurements or temperatures this website is useful.

rhubarb tea cake

You can also make this cake with apple or even plums if you don’t have any rhubarb, or a combination of both.

rhubarb tea cake

I love to cook with rhubarb, it has such a great colour, and it grows like a weed in our garden.

Here are a few more rhubarb recipes we love.

Apple and rhubarb scrolls
Rhubarb and Apple Scrolls
Apple and Rhubarb Slice - super easy recipe.
Apple and Rhubarb Slice
Lemon and Rhubarb cookies - the perfect thank you gift along with this free printable thank you card
Lemon and Rhubarb Cookies

Are you a rhubarb fan?
Got any great recipes to share?

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Filed Under: Family Food Tagged With: food, rhubarb

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  1. Jeneane says

    Oh my goodness – that looks amazing. Good with thick, thick cream too I’d imagine!

    Reply
  2. E. says

    I’m hungry. That cake looks delicious.

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  3. Lipgloss Mumma says

    Sounds delish!

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  4. Jo @Countrylifeexperiment says

    Love rhubarb cake!
    BTW you left the egg out of the ingredients. Just letting you know :)

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    • katef says

      Oh thanks for picking that up!

      I kept reading through the ingredients list thinking it looked wrong… but had no idea I’d left out the egg! LOL

      Reply
  5. Nat - Muddy Farmwife says

    Yummo. I’m thinking I’ll finally be planting some rhubarb!

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  6. Kate says

    Yum

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  7. Mel B (Honey You Baked) says

    Big rhubarb fan here – I bookmarked this straight away to try out the recipes. The rhubarb fizz looks similar to a rhubarb champagne recipe that my Dad makes – delicious!

    My go-to rhubarb recipe is rhubarb & raspberry muffins: http://honeyyoubaked.com/2011/08/01/rhubarb-raspberry-muffins/

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  8. jeanie says

    Hmmm – might be time to contemplate planting rhubarb – a whole heap of the garden just became available.

    Reply
  9. Claire Cook says

    hi, this looks amazing, am going to try it as soon as poss…. What temperature do you bake it at please?

    Reply
    • katepickle says

      I’m sorry, this is an old post so I just used the term ‘moderate oven’ which translates to around 175° C (350° F) .

      Hope that helps.

      Reply

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