A rhubarb meringue cake is perfect if you are looking for a quick dessert that still looks (and of course tastes) impressive. You are welcome to add a few strawberries to the recipe and simply use fewer rhubarb sticks to get a strawberry rhubarb cake with meringue. We will now show you how you can bake this delicious dessert.
The rhubarb cake recipe also calls for a little lemon juice and zest, which creates a particularly pleasant aroma thatVegetables in cakewell complemented. In principle, you just prepare a batter and then add the chopped sticks to it. The delicious oneDessert with rhubarbprepare like this:
For the dough:
- 1 kg rhubarb, cleaned, peeled and cut into small pieces (or replace any amount with strawberries)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 125g soft butter
- 250g sugar
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 2 tsp lemon peel
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 medium eggs
- 200 g Flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 – 3 tbsp milk
For the meringue:
- 200g sugar
- 4 whites of medium-sized eggs
Preparation of the simple cake
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a springform pan.
- Place the rhubarb in a bowl with a tablespoon of sugar and set aside to steep.
- In a separate bowl, mix the butter with the sugar, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Gradually add the eggs.
- In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt).
- Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture.
- Stir in the milk.
- Pour the dough into the mold and smooth it out.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes and then allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes (do not turn the oven off yet).
- Prepare the meringue as a topping by simply beating the egg whites with the sugar until stiff.
- Remove the ring from the springform pan.
- Spread the meringue over the cake and use the spatula to create slight waves.
- Return the cake to the oven for another 20 to 25 minutes, until the top edges of the meringue begin to brown. Alternatively, you can also use a flambéing device for this purpose.
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