Rhubarb and Yoghurt Cake

 Bought some 'Wonky' rhubarb from Morrisons and decided to make this for a family get together last weekend. It's a French recipe, usually for a lemon cake, but I decided to add rhubarb. The recipe uses a yoghurt pot as a measure. Very easy to make.


you need a 125g yoghurt pot

So:  1pot natural yoghurt, 3 pots sugar, 3 pots flour, 1 tspn baking powder, 3/4 pot vegetable oil, 1/4 pot milk, 1 tspn vanilla extract, 2 eggs, 250g rhubarb

Preheat oven 200C/gas6                        Grease and flour a 20cm cake tin.

Put all the ingredients except the rhubarb into a bowl and beat together. Chop the rhubarb into chunks and add to the mixture. Mix in with a spatula. Bake for 30-35 mins till golden.



It has a lovely moist crumb, and a good contrast between the fruit and the sponge. It makes a good cake with a cuppa or a dessert with cream or ice cream. I've made it with apple, but plums or pears would be good too.



Comments

The French really do love their yoghurt cakes and with very good reason. I'm pretty sure that I've never made one with rhubarb, though. I'm clearly missing out. My neighbours usually give me plenty of their excess rhubarb but, sadly, they seem to have a crop failure this year so maybe I should track down some wonky rhubarb instead.
Jean said…
This looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe.

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