Oaty rhubarb and ginger streusel cake

Oaty rhubarb and ginger streusel cake

A golden, oaty streusel topping adds chewy flapjack-like texture to this wonderful rhubarb and ginger cake. It’s best served warm with plenty of crème fraîche, yogurt or custard.

Oaty rhubarb and ginger streusel cake

  • Serves icon Serves 8-10
  • Time icon Hands-on time 40 min, oven time 2 hours, plus cooling

A golden, oaty streusel topping adds chewy flapjack-like texture to this wonderful rhubarb and ginger cake. It’s best served warm with plenty of crème fraîche, yogurt or custard.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
537kcals
Fat
31.9g (15.9g saturated)
Protein
9.2g
Carbohydrates
51.9g (31.5g sugars)
Fibre
2.6g
Salt
0.3g

For 10

Ingredients

  • 600g rhubarb, cut into 3cm chunks
  • 3 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • Juice ½ lemon

For the streusel topping

  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 60g self raising flour
  • 100g jumbo oats (we used Mornflake)
  • 60g demerara sugar

For the cake

  • 200g unsalted butter, softened
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 100g self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • Pinch salt

You’ll also need… 

  • 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin, base and sides lined with non-stick baking paper
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Put the rhubarb in a roasting tray and toss well with the sugar, ginger and lemon. Roast for 15 minutes until soft. Set aside. Turn the oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas 3½.
  2. Meanwhile make the streusel topping. Rub the butter into the flour in a mixing bowl, using your fingers, until it looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the oats and sugar, then set aside.
  3. For the cake, put the butter and sugar into another mixing bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat on a medium speed until light and fluffy. Whisk in the beaten eggs a little at a time then, using a large metal spoon, fold in the remaining cake ingredients using a figure of eight motion.
  4. Spoon half the cake batter into the prepared tin, then sprinkle with half the streusel. Pat the rhubarb dry on kitchen paper, arrange half on top, then top with the rest of the cake mix and smooth over. Sprinkle with most of the remaining streusel and top with the remaining rhubarb. Finally, sprinkle over the last of the struesel.
  5. Bake for 1 hour, then cover with foil and cook for another 55-60 minutes until the sponge is cooked through and the streusel topping is golden. Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then serve with cream, custard, thick yogurt or crème fraîche.

Nutrition

For 10

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
537kcals
Fat
31.9g (15.9g saturated)
Protein
9.2g
Carbohydrates
51.9g (31.5g sugars)
Fibre
2.6g
Salt
0.3g

delicious. tips

  1. This cake is great warm. If making ahead, briefly warm slices in the microwave.

  2. Make the cake up to 24 hours in advance; or freeze in slices, wrapped in baking paper, then cling film.

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