Rhubarb & Custard Cake

Name: Rhubarb & Custard Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: British, European
Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter; 180g caster sugar, plus 2 tbsp for the rhubarb; 4 eggs; 250g self-raising flour; A pinch of salt; 400g tinned custard; 330g rhubarb, stalks trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces; Icing sugar, to dust

7 steps

Prep:15minCook:1h

There are nostalgic pink shades of school dinners in this big slab of rhubarb and custard cake that’s fun to make and share

Updated at: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:10:57 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories349.3 kcal (17%)

Total Fat19.5 g (28%)

Carbs38.8 g (15%)

Sugars18.1 g (20%)

Protein5.7 g (11%)

Sodium321.1 mg (16%)

Fiber1 g (4%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

250gunsalted butter

180gcaster sugar

plus 2 tbsp for the rhubarb

4eggs

250gself-raising flour

salt

400gcustard

tinned

330grhubarb

stalks trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces

icing sugar

to dust

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oven to 160C fan. Grease and line an 18cm x 28cm x 5cm baking tray with greaseproof paper.

Tray

Step 2

In a bowl, cream the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy, then bad the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Bowl

eggs4

unsalted butter250g

caster sugar180g

Step 3

Sift in the flour and salt, and fold in gently until just combined – be careful not to over mix. Spread the cake batter evenly into the prepared baking tray.

salt

self-raising flour250g

Step 4

Pour the tin of custard over the top of the batter, and spread it out evenly. Use a butter knife to swirl some of the custard through the sponge batter.

Knife

custard400g

Step 5

In a bowl, toss the chopped rhubarb with the extra two tablespoons of caster sugar until coated. Scatter this sugared rhubarb evenly over the custard layer.

rhubarb330g

caster sugar180g

Step 6

Bake for about an hour, or until the top of the cake is golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Skewer

Step 7

Remove from the oven and leave the cake to cool in its tray for a few minutes. Dust the top of the cake with icing sugar, then cut into slabs and serve warm or at room temperature.

icing sugar