Rhubarb Cake with sour cream/joghurt and Meringue

A Rhubarb Cake recipe, easy to make and delicious.

Ingredients for Ø 26 cm springform rhubarb cake:

• 3 egg yolks (M size for Europe, L for America)
• 125g soft butter (room temperature)
• 50g sugar
• 100g sour cream or yogurt
• 250g flour
• 1 sachet backing powder (about 16g or 1 tbsp)
• a pinch of salt (1/4 tsp)
• peel of half a lemon

Ingredients for the rhubarb filling:

• 500g rhubarb (washed and cut)
• 25g semolina or bread crumbs

Ingredients for the meringue:

• 3 egg whites (M size for Europe, L for America)
• 150g sugar
• 1/2 tbsp rum or lemon juice (~7,5ml)

1. Wash the rhubarb and cut it in about 1/2 cm pieces. You don’t have to peel it since it will get soft during backing. Mix it with the semolina or the bread crumbs.
   
2. Preheat the oven at 180°C/356°F (no ventilation). Prepare a pan with 26 cm diameter: butter it (or oil it) and flour it so it doesn’t stick. You can also line it with parchment. I usually use baking paper.
3. Mix the butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar until it becomes soft and foamy. If you use a liquid vanilla extract, you should add it after the egg yolks.
   
4. Add the egg yolks, salt, lemon peel and the sour cream/yogurt and mix until everything is incorporated.
   
5. Add the sifted flour mixed with the backing powder. You’ll get a thicker batter, more similar with a dough.
   
6. Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
   
   
7. Add the rhubarb on top.
   
8. Bake it in the preheated oven at 180°C/356°F (no ventilation) for about 35 min.
9. Take it out from the oven and let it cool down for a few minutes, until we prepare the meringue.
10. For meringue:
    • Beat the egg whites until soft peak.
      
    • Add the sugar and the rum or the lemon juice and mix until the sugar is melted and the egg white keep its shape.
    • Add the meringue on top of the baked cake and bake it until the top is light brown (about 10 minutes).
      
11. Let the cake cool down before cutting it.
    
    

You can find more rhubarb recipes here.

My favorite is this German Rhubarb Cake Eifel Style:

Oma’s Rhubarb Cake recipe, with yeast dough:

Mixing Strawberries and Rhubarb is always a winning combination, therefore this Strawberry Rhubarb Pie recipe:

Or, maybe, you feel like making some Rhubarb Lemonade: