Rhubarb and amaretti cake with orange glaze

  • Portion size: Serves 8-12
  • Hands-on 30 min, oven 40 min, plus cooling
  • Difficulty: easy

The flavours of rosemary and amaretti come together to make this beautifully light rhubarb cake with a fragrant orange glaze – serve with something creamy for afternoon tea.

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Ingredients

  • 225g unsalted butter, softened
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • Grated zest 2 oranges
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 50g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 8 amaretti biscuits, broken into small chunks
  • 1-2 sticks rhubarb, trimmed, cut into 6cm pieces, then halved lengthways (or sliced into thirds if thick) – to give 12-16 lengths
  • Granulated sugar to sprinkle

For the glaze

  • Juice 1 orange
  • 1 fresh rosemary sprig
  • 20g granulated sugar
  • Squeeze lemon juice (optional)

You’ll also need…

  • 23cm loose-bottomed fluted tart tin or cake tin, oiled with sunflower oil, bottom lined with baking paper
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Put the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract, then the eggs, one by one, beating well between additions until they’re incorporated. Don’t worry if the mixture looks curdled – it will come back together as it bakes.
  2. Once the eggs are incorporated, gently fold or stir in the orange zest, ground almonds, flour and baking powder, then the amaretti chunks. Pour the mixture into the cake tin, level the top, then gently push in the rhubarb pieces in a spoke pattern, leaving them two-thirds uncovered (they’ll sink a little in the oven).
  3. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 35-40 minutes until the top is golden and a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean (cover the cake with foil once it turns golden). Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out (still on the base) onto a wire rack.
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  5. For the glaze, put the orange juice, rosemary sprig and granulated sugar in a heavy-based pan, bring to a simmer and bubble rapidly for 4-5 minutes to reduce slightly. Taste and add the lemon juice if you want the sharpness. Once the cake has cooled, pour over the syrup, letting it sink in before adding a bit more. Sprinkle with the granulated sugar, then serve with crème fraîche or cream, whipped with a little icing sugar and a splash of amaretto, brandy or rum.

Nutrition

  • 383kcals Calories
  • 27.5g (11g saturated) Fat
  • 7.9g Protein
  • 25.8g (24g sugars) Carbs
  • 0.2g Fibre
  • 0.2g Salt

Make Ahead

The cake will keep in a cool place in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Warm through briefly in a low oven if serving after the day it’s baked. Served warm, it’s also great with custard.

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LynnReeve

12.07.16 – I served this at my housewarming BBQ here in France on Sunday and it was a sure fire-hit among all the guests, both French & English. It was gorgeous and will certainly be repeated again & again, well done Delicious

The delicious. team

Glad you enjoyed it Lynn!

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