Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake

[CreamPuff63]

Serves 6

Ingredients:
180g almonds
120g raw sugar
110g raw sugar (extra)
5 eggwhites
105g SR flour
75g butter, melted
8-10 rhubarb stalks, cut into 19cm lengths

Method:
Preheat oven to 180^o.
Lightly grease the base of a 20cm square cake tin.
Add "extra" sugar to TM bowl 3 secs, Speed 9. Sprinkle over the base of the cake tin.
Arrange rhubarb stalks side by side in the base of the tin.
Add sugar to TM bowl and blitz 10 secs, Speed 9. Set aside.
Add almonds to TM bowl and blitz 10 secs, Speed 8.
Add sugar, eggwhites, flour, and butter to almond meal and mix on Speed 5, 10 secs.
Pour cake mixture over the rhubarb and bake for 40-45 minutes or until springy to touch.
Gently invert the cake to remove from the tin. Cool on a wire rack.

(Tip: Make EDC Creme Anglaise p155 to use up egg yolks).

Source: The Sunday Times newspaper, "Eating in with Donna Hay"

members' comments

Cookie - This cake is really nice. Mine didn't have the red rhubarb look as you can see but is yum.. We had some of it with custard for dessert last night and the rest went with DH this morning to our rhubarb suppliers. As you can see I ran out of rhubarb and used apple for one corner.

Nay-nay - This turned out lovely especially with the custard!

SueJen - Made this, it was brilliant.

Amy - the recipe doubled easily. I gave one to the friend who gave us the rhubarb, so I hope its good! We'll have some of our cake for dessert tonight. Thanks for the recipe CP.

[cookie1]

CP63. We've been thinking alike again. I have kept this recipe as I plan to make it today or tomorrow as I have some rhubarb.

 Will do it after I've been to the dentist to start the process of ANOTHER crown. My teeth are worth more than a small car. Not to mention that I hate the dentist-a hang over from being a kid and the school dentist hurting like gyp as they didn't give you injections.

[CreamPuff63]

it was really delicious cookie. i also used abit of baking paper too just in case it was going to stick to the bottom. plan to make all 3 of those rhubarb recipes  so tonight will be the little rhubarb pies, and prob tomorrow will be rhubarb and vanilla jam   

[judydawn]

Will do it after I've been to the dentist to start the process of ANOTHER crown. My teeth are worth more than a small car. Not to mention that I hate the dentist-a hang over from being a kid and the school dentist hurting like gyp as they didn't give you injections.

I remember those days well Cookie but times have changed and now they even put some gel on first so that you don't feel the needle.  As a child I used to scream my head off as soon as I saw all those things hanging overhead and the dentist wouldn't put up with it (especially as that set my young brother off as well) and he just told Mum to take us home and bring us back when we could behave 

[Thermomixer]

Interesting CP63 - wonder why they didn't use the egg yolks instead of 75 g of butter?  Strange?  maybe not - somebody will tell me why?

[cookie1]

Well nearly off to make the rhubarb upside down cake. The dentist is really sweet. I told her I can stand lots of needles but no pain as she was grinding the tooth down. She was very good about it. It didn't hurt a bit. The numbness is just starting to wear off now, 4 hours after she gave me the injections. She is very slight and had trouble with the moulds, poor girl ended up doing 3 of where the new crown will be. Things have certainly changed in dentistry in the last 51 years.  Thank goodness.
Must go and do the rhubarb cake.

[judydawn]

Glad to hear all went well Cookie 

[cookie1]

Thanks Judy.

This cake is really nice. Mine didn't have the red rhubarb look as you can see but is yum.. We had some of it with custard for dessert last night and the rest went with DH this morning to our rhubarb suppliers. As you can see I ran out of rhubarb and used apple for one corner.

[CreamPuff63]

glad you enjoyed it cookie  i thought next time i might even try to put more rhubarb in. i cut my sticks to the width of the dish. there were some leftover pieces which i will also use to make the pies up with (soonish). now that i am old and wiser, i just love the taste of rhubarb!

[Nay-nay]

This turned out lovely especially with the custard!

[Thermomixer]

Good work cookie1 - looks great even if it is not red 

[SueJen]

Made this a couple of days ago was brilliant

[Cuilidh]

Interesting CP63 - wonder why they didn't use the egg yolks instead of 75 g of butter?  Strange?  maybe not - somebody will tell me why?

 Does anyone know if this would this work if I used the egg yolks instead of butter?

[CreamPuff63]

Glad you enjoyed it SJ.

(Sorry don't know nuffin about egg yolk substitution as we don't have intolerances)

[cookie1]

Sorry cant help either.