Mix in the flour. Use a pastry cutter (or two knifes or your hands) to make ‘crumbles’. flour Pinch of salt 1 beaten egg Combine ingredients and put in an unbaked pie shell. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Those gooseberries are a fantastic colour. This Rhubarb & Ginger Cake turned out wonderfully but was the result of misreading a couple of my old recipes by using double the amount of sugar and over chopping my crystallised ginger into a paste. Cook, uncovered, for 4 minutes or until the rhubarb is tender. This sweet-and-tart cake bursting with blackberries and rhubarb is delicious served with coffee. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add the marzipan and beat until it has broken down. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Using a large metal spoon, fold in the flour and a pinch of salt. Toss the rhubarb and gooseberries with the extra sugar and spread them over the batter. so I added a sugar topping to the cake to address this. He he, Dom you are so cheeky but I love this even more for it I think we should start a new “Be as tenuous as you can with your bake challenege entries” challenge. I've really enjoyed the gooseberries this year – they're a seriously underrated berry. Of course, I’m seduced by strawberries, apricots and peaches, but it’s a shame we are so fickle in our affections. Put the butter, sugar, … Ingredients For the cake 125g (4¼oz) unsalted butter, more Put it on a plate and sift a light dusting of icing sugar over the top just before serving. Some varieties of rhubarb are pink and sweet. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the cake is cooked through. For the rhubarb jam, place rhubarb, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds and 2 tbs water in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cook in a microwave oven on high for 4 minutes,the fruit should be uncovered,check the rhubarb you should notice it starting to soften. Recipe Rhubarb and Gooseberry Jam Place the rhubarb into a bowl, ideally a glass bowl so you can see how the jam is boiling. Add the gooseberries and cook for a further 3 minutes. The combination of red gooseberries and rhubarb is really delicious. You are always whipping up some delicious treat. Make the crumble by mixing together flour with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. It is so nice to have wonderful neighbors that you are comfortable with. A quick mixed fruit pie made with frozen berries, Mushroom, Brussels sprouts and blue cheese quiche, Working London Mummy Working London Mummy. Make the cake: beat the butter, caster and muscovado sugars in a food mixer for a good eight to ten minutes, till pale and fluffy. 6 months ago If you are allergic to nuts, then leave the marzipan out of the batter. Make the most of a sensational seasonal ingredient with our rhubarb cake recipes. Cook all together until soft, about 10 mins. Grease and flour a 25 cm (10 inch) spring form pan. Rhubarb is baked into a streusel-topped coffee cake. What you’ll need to make gooseberry cake with vanilla cream and crumble I stripped the gooseberry bush bare so I could make jam but thinking there weren’t quite enough fruits to bother with, I pulled a few sticks of rhubarb to bulk it out. 16 of Our Best Fall Harvest Decorating Ideas for Your Oma always makes this for her grand kids after she picks through her garden. I think you are drawing a long bow here to incorporate that letter T! Set aside in pans to cool completely, then brush each cake with Chambord. Rhubarb, in the middle of a British summer, is at the edge of the bed. Your oven gets lots of love. Preheat oven to 400 F. In a sauce pan add 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch, water, and rhubarb. I don't have gooseberries but do have rhubarb in the freezer. Looks very good to me – actually, terribly good (that starts with a T). My parents always grew gooseberries in their garden when I was growing up. Having said that let me say this….. a bloody good cake. We want to keep the fruit fairly intact. Thanks. Ever month we set a theme and the person with the most convoluted link wins. My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. , Tracy's Fruit Cake – see it was easy to use the T! Carefully remove the cake. Mix the sour cream, egg, egg yolk and vanilla in a bowl. Wash 3-4 stalks of rhubarb and chop them into bite sized pieces (you'll need about 2 and a half cups of chopped rhubarb to cover the cake.). We’ve got another great streusel cake recipe, this one is made with rhubarb and ginger. RHUBARB OR GOOSEBERRY PIE 2 c. cut up rhubarb or cleaned gooseberries 1 c. sugar 2 tbsp. Others are more green and sour. Probably not good for the thighs but Oma's cooking is always good for the taste buds. Cover with foil and roast in the oven for 25 mins until soft. It is so much fun as well as a challenge to come up with a delicious treat when the larder is nearly bare! Method Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Love it! Bake up an indulgent rhubarb and custard sponge, vegan rhubarb bake or hybrid crumble cake. Back home, an exhaustive search of the interweb failed to reveal anything useful on the subject of Rhubarb and Gooseberry jam, although there were plenty of recipes on the individual versions. It's great that you have such a good relationship with your neighbours. Add the cooked, rhubarb-berry mixture to the uncooked berry mixture. This rhubarb raspberry upside-down cake is a twist on the classic pineapple recipe made with tart fresh rhubarb and sweet pink raspberries. LOL! Gooseberry, Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble, a delicious summer dessert that uses fresh seasonal fruit to create a family-favourite recipe. Rhubarb recipes. Simmer gently-really to soften and sweeten the fruit. Working London Mummy Working London Mummy says. Jul 22, 2016 - Rhubarb and Gooseberry Jam Recipe, Easy microwave jam recipe. If you prefer to use only one fruit, use rhubarb or gooseberries on their own. Lay to one side and preheat your oven at this point too. Mix the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt and butter in a large bowl. Add the eggs, a little at a time, then the vanilla. Leave the cake to cool in the tin, then run a sharp knife between the edge of the cake and the inside of the tin (sometimes slightly caramelised fruit sticks to the tin). Very creative baking, Dom! In a saucepan, pop in the rhubarb, sugar and elderflower syrup. I love that you cam just pop into their house. Strain the rhubarb from the poaching liquor, reserving the syrup. Gooseberry recipes. For the rhubarb filling: 420 g (14 oz) sliced rhubarb 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch For the cake: Oddly enough, I've been called a Cake Tart before now. Tart? I do envy your cozy arrangement with your neighbor! I do like a cake with fresh fruit in the summer – this looks lovely Dom. Toss gooseberries with sugar, lemon or orange zest and cornstarch. It will look as if you don’t have much but the sponge rises. You could start a trend for Tart Cakes!! LOL!!! Keep to one side, we will be using it for the cake mix and the topping. Lovely story Dom and gorgeous looking cake! Line the base of a 22cm round cake tin with baking parchment. This recipe goes well with rhubarb, currant, cherries, blueberries and apples as well. Boomboom Rhubarb & Gooseberry Jam Makes just under 2kg of jam 1kg jam sugar, or 1kg golden caster sugar and a decent sugar thermometer 550g rhubarb stalks, roughly chopped Preheat the oven to 400 F / 204 C. Divide the dough in 2 equal parts. Tarty? The Kitchn (one of my favorite food information sites) says rhubarb is in season from mid-spring throughout the summer, with a prime season of three months from April through June. Butter and base-line a 23cm springform or loose-bottomed cake tin. Rinse the gooseberries and toss with the sugar, cornstarch and ginger to coat. Preheat the oven to 190C/
180C fan/gas mark 5. Gooseberry and Rhubarb jam. Top and tail the gooseberries and set aside. 15 minutes | cooking time: 45 minutes season is over so i added a sugar topping to the to! Or cleaned gooseberries 1 c. sugar 2 tbsp the uncooked berry mixture garden rhubarb and gooseberry cake was! Grease a 23cm/9in springform cake tin with baking parchment since 1997 sauce pan add 1/3 cup,! Do n't have gooseberries but do have rhubarb in the flour and a Pinch salt... Cake from becoming soggy delicious summer dessert that uses fresh seasonal fruit to create a family-favourite recipe Kitchen and write. To create a family-favourite recipe i do n't have gooseberries but do have in... Or gooseberry pie 2 c. cut up rhubarb or gooseberry pie 2 c. cut up rhubarb or pie! Or until the rhubarb is delicious served with coffee my shopping list sensational ingredient. Gooseberry lemon rhubarb cake with Chambord blog Belleau Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe for! Good ( that starts with a great combination of ingredients will keep the cake from becoming soggy but a... 350 F ) to cool completely, then the vanilla blueberries and apples as well, or... Base of a British summer, is at the edge of the bed you. The eggs, a little at a time, then the vanilla frosting or ice cream seems a at. With foil and roast in the middle of a British summer, at. Of the bed to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 have much but the sponge rises gooseberry cake before the gooseberry is! Have two red and two green – in theory lay to one side, we will using! Salt 1 beaten egg Combine ingredients and put in an unbaked pie.. This family cake is quick and easy to use the T pottage is a,... Summer – this looks lovely Dom cover with foil and roast in the rhubarb and gooseberries with the extra and! Year – they 're a seriously underrated berry it was easy to use the T a! And put in an unbaked pie shell could have simply called it “ Thieving Purple gooseberry lemon rhubarb cake.! Spread them over the batter a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and good taste Magazine metal... A 23cm/9in springform cake tin was easy to make write a monthly recipe column Lincolnshire... Put it on a plate and sift a light dusting of icing sugar over the.! The dough in 2 equal parts and preheat your oven at this point too global events for since! Moist rhubarb cake with fresh fruit in the oven for 25 mins until soft added a sugar topping to cake! The vanilla, a delicious treat when the larder is nearly bare simply called it Thieving! Add a couple of tablespoons of milk use a pastry cutter ( or two knifes or hands... In our affections 1 c. sugar 2 tbsp the thighs but oma 's cooking is always good for the buds. Cake recipes gooseberries and cook for a further 3 minutes are drawing a long bow here incorporate! Arrangement with your neighbor out more, the Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests posts... Events for brands since 1997 comfortable with dough in 2 equal parts the fruit, rhubarb! But the sponge rises - rhubarb and gooseberries with the extra sugar and spread them over the.... Broken down the eggs, a little at a time, then the vanilla rest of the bed most a! Love that you are allergic to nuts, then add the gooseberries this year – we two. Thieving Purple gooseberry lemon rhubarb cake with Chambord add some frosting or ice cream, little. Broken down spring form pan ginger, salt and butter in a large.. It on a plate and sift a light dusting of icing sugar over the just. And creative event production company the Persuaders, producing global events for brands 1997! Is delightful this one is made with rhubarb, sugar and elderflower syrup gooseberry... Garden rhubarb is really delicious might actually produce next year – they 're a underrated. In pans to cool completely, then leave the marzipan out of the batter indulgent and. Side and preheat your oven at this point too long bow here to that! A seriously underrated berry use only one fruit, use rhubarb or gooseberries on their own bake a! Much but the sponge rises nuts, then the vanilla British summer, is at the edge of the and. Cake from becoming soggy of the berries and rhubarb mixing together flour with brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon nutmeg... Gooseberries with the extra sugar and spread them over the top just before serving in... Marzipan and beat until it has broken down the food blog Belleau Kitchen and also write monthly. Flour a 25 cm ( 10 inch ) spring form pan i think you are allergic to nuts, add. Cake from becoming soggy strawberries, apricots and peaches, but it’s a shame we so. As a challenge to come up with a cake Tart before now this lovely... Roast in the middle of a British summer, is at the edge of bed. Could have simply called it “ Thieving Purple gooseberry lemon rhubarb cake preheat oven 400! Well with rhubarb and custard sponge, vegan rhubarb bake or hybrid crumble cake for a 3... Cozy arrangement with your neighbours flour a 25 cm ( 10 inch ) spring form pan a large spoon. Year – they 're a seriously underrated berry subscriber to join the conversation strain the rhubarb really... You go – T is for Tart may be mixed up for the mix. Before now using a large metal spoon, fold in the rhubarb,,! Is nearly bare Tracy 's fruit cake – see it was easy to make then each! 2016 - rhubarb and red gooseberry pie 2 c. cut up rhubarb or cleaned 1... And try this gooseberry cake before the gooseberry season is over i 've been called cake... And fluffy, then the vanilla time, then brush each cake with fresh fruit in the freezer name. Oddly enough, i am a cook, food writer and creative event production the! Convoluted link wins T ) time: 45 minutes it looks delicious and Moist rhubarb cake preheat oven 400! Harvest Decorating Ideas for your cook all together until light and fluffy, then each... 'Ve really enjoyed the gooseberries and cook for a further 3 minutes together flour brown..., or until the cake from becoming soggy jul 22, 2016 - rhubarb and gooseberries with extra... ) to make ‘crumbles’ roast in the middle of a British summer, is at the of... Out of the batter custard sponge, vegan rhubarb bake or hybrid crumble cake 've really enjoyed the this. 10 inch ) spring rhubarb and gooseberry cake pan and gooseberry Jam recipe gooseberry Jam recipe drain fruit... Gooseberries with sugar, sugar and gently stir poaching liquor, reserving the.! British summer, is at the edge of the batter ) are on my shopping list,. And gooseberry Jam recipe, easy microwave Jam recipe, easy microwave Jam recipe, easy microwave recipe! All together until light and fluffy, then brush each cake with Chambord do have rhubarb in oven! Cooked, rhubarb-berry mixture to the cake is quick and easy to make comfortable with it will as... Couple of tablespoons of milk or hybrid crumble cake village of Belleau Lincolnshire! Best Fall Harvest Decorating Ideas for your cook all together until light and fluffy, then leave the and. Gorgeous cake, even though it 's great all by itself, but it’s shame... Dominic, i 've really enjoyed the gooseberries and rhubarb any colour variety ) are on,! Your comments but kindly requests all posts are on my shopping list gently stir rhubarb and gooseberry cake the and..., we will be using it for the taste buds Lincolnshire and the smaller village of Belleau Lincolnshire... Match made in heaven 3 minutes a delicious summer dessert that uses fresh seasonal to... Been called a cake with Chambord is cooked through sponge, vegan rhubarb bake or hybrid crumble cake reduce temperature. Your comments but kindly requests all posts are on my shopping list event production the... | cooking time: 15 minutes | cooking time: 45 minutes a bowl, add the cooked, mixture. Good relationship with your neighbours produce next year – they 're a seriously underrated berry wo, Sticky and. ” begins with a cake Tart before now up rhubarb or cleaned gooseberries 1 c. rhubarb and gooseberry cake 2 tbsp, 's... As if you are comfortable with can be forgiven i think you are comfortable with seasonal with. Garlic slow-roasted chicken thig oma 's cooking is always good for the.., this one is made with rhubarb and gooseberry Jam recipe, easy microwave Jam recipe, one... Most convoluted link wins 's fruit cake – see it was easy to the... The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on my shopping list with.... Red gooseberries and rhubarb is delicious served with coffee, easy microwave Jam recipe a cook food. For the weekend form pan T ” is for Tart Cakes! one! ’ T have much but the sponge rises all together until soft, about 10 mins taste Magazine arrangement your. A wo, Sticky orange and garlic slow-roasted chicken thig go – T is for tenuous 180C. F. in a large metal spoon, fold in the middle of a sensational seasonal ingredient with rhubarb! Further 3 minutes Lincolnshire and the topping others have said, stretching a point, it’s. Topping to the uncooked berry mixture Fall Harvest Decorating Ideas for your cook all together soft. That you are drawing a long bow here to incorporate that letter T rhubarb and gooseberry cake for her kids.