Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake with a hint of cinnamon and a flaked almond topping is fabulously moist and delicious!
I was chatting to my mum recently when she told me about some Rhubarb and Marzipan Muffins her sister had been baking. Well there was a flavour combination I hadn’t thought about and having plenty of marzipan and rhubarb the other day I decided to make a Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake.
I based the recipe on Lilian’s Apple Cake and kept the cinnamon in it as I thought that would go really well too.
The result was delicious and proved a good way of using up a glut of rhubarb I had and some leftover marzipan from Christmas!
The flaked almonds on the top of the cake take become toasted which compliments the subtle marzipan flavour beautifully. My mother, father and sister also got to have a slice over the bank holiday weekend and gave it a big thumbs up too – phew!
More Rhubarb Recipes!
Rhubarb is so wonderful so here are some more delicious recipes to use it up!
- Rhubarb Pudding
- Rhubarb & Ginger Cake
- Rhubarb & Blueberry Tarte Tatin
- Rhubarb Compote with Vanilla Greek Yogurt
- Rhubarb & Blackberry Sprial Cobbler
- Rhubarb & Strawberry Grunt
- Rhubarb & Ginger Oat Crisp
- Rhubarb & Ginger Jam
- Rhubarb & Strawberry Jam
- Rhubarb & Gin Jam
How long will Rhubarb & Marzipan Cake keep?
You can store this cake in an airtight container for up to three days.
I’m sure you’ll love this Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake so do leave a comment and rating below. You can also share a pic with me by tagging @FabFood4All on social media!
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Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake
Ingredients
- 25 g flaked almonds
- 150 g butter softened or margarine
- 75 g soft brown sugar
- 150 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 75 g marzipan grated
- 2 eggs large
- 230 g rhubarb chopped into 2cm pieces
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200⁰C.
- Butter and flour a 24cm hollow or 21cm round cake tin and sprinkle in the flaked almonds.
- Cream the butter/margarine together with the brown sugar using an electric whisk until light and fluffy.
- Whisk in the eggs in one at a time (if the mixture splits don’t worry).
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into bowl and gradually fold into the mixture with a large metal spoon.
- Fold in the grated marzipan and then the rhubarb.
- Bake on the middle oven shelf for 35 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean and the cake springs back to the touch.
- Turn out of cake tin onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
Amy Fidler
Bet this is delicious x
Camilla
Thanks Amy, yes it really is:-)
Corina
This is definitely my kind of cake! I have never had a rhubarb one but it would be such a lovely thing to have a go at.
Camilla
Oh you must try, rhubarb in cakes is fab:-) I also have a Rhubarb and Ginger Cake on blog:-)
Sarah
I wonder whether this would work with the frozen rhubarb I have, which was prestewed – perhaps if I drain off the liquid? Hmm…
Camilla
I would stick with making crumble or pie with stewed rhubarb not cake as it will be too wet even after draining.
Lisa Williams
Such a great mix of flavours – thank you for this one 🙂
William Gould
Looks like a very interesting combination! Shame my wife doesn’t like marzipan so she won’t make it. Might have to try it myself when she’s out… 🙂
Camilla
Aaw William, you’d probably find that she’d eat it if you made it. My hubby and kids don’t like lots of things and indeed hubby moaned about this dessert as he doesn’t like blackberries but somehow they always eat my puds and cakes even with stuff they say they don’t like;-)
Ursula Hunt
Great combinations of flavours
Natally
My boyfriend would love this!
Jane McColl
what a delicious and unusual combination of flavours… have got to try this one!
Camilla
Thanks Jane, do hope you try it:-)
Emma T
So quick and easy to make! Very light and showcases the flavour of rhubarb. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Camilla
Thanks Emma, glad you enjoyed it:-)
Harriet
Wow! Just made this and it’s amazing! Just been described as “the lightest cake I’ve ever made”. I’ll be honest, the mixture looks like nothing on earth. Ignore that and make it anyway- totally worth it. Now if you’ll excuse me I finished at least 30 seconds ago so time for seconds!
Camilla
LoL Harriet, I can’t remember this mixture looking odd, maybe I’ve just baked too many cakes LOL. So glad you all enjoyed it:-)
Christine Lockley
Oh wow – love, love, love the thought of this and will definitely be making this this week without fail – love marzipan and rhubarb but would have never thought to put them together.
Thanks for sharing
Camilla
Thanks Christine, everything tastes better with marzipan – well almost:-) Do let me know what you think!
Maya Russell
Sounds delicious – I love rhubarb and marzipan. Interesting combination.
Camilla
If I can get marzipan into a recipe I’m a happy bunny:-)
Anne Dalzell
I need to get one of those bundt cake type cake moulds, they make everything look so professional. Great pics
Camilla
It’s a really old knackered steel tin that was my mother’s, but still does the job:-)
Fiver Feeds
Really like this cake, seems so easy to make 🙂
Paul Wilson
Looks perfect to have with afternoon tea when the relatives come round.
Ren
A lovely cake, thanks for entering Simple and in Season June – I’ve posted the round up! Ren x
Meagan Davenport
Looks amazing! I love rhubarb, and marzipan – never would have thought to put them together! 🙂 Brilliant!
Camilla
Thanks, they do compliment each other well:-)
Sarah Maclean
Very unusual ingredients, looks delicious! Must defrost that rhubarb from the freezer soon ;o)
Ellie
Looks really yummy 🙂
kris
looks amazing!
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Michelle Utterlyscrummy
What a delicious looking cake! I quite fancy a slice with a cuppa for my afternoon tea this afternoon. A fab way to use up rhubarb which we also have a glut of. Thanks so much for linking up with No Waste Food Challenge this month.
Camilla
Thanks Michelle:-)
Ursula Hunt
looks delicious
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Carolyn Clapham
I made this yesterday, and it’s really nice. I don’t have a ring tin, so rather than use one ordinary tin I decided to use my two smallest loaf tins, and it worked well. My reasoning was that I could freeze one, but I should have known that it would not last long enough to make it to the freezer )))
The trouble is, today is meant to be a no-cake day in our house, but that second cake is calling so loudly from the fridge … !
Camilla
Oh brilliant, so glad you’re enjoying it! I know what you mean about no-cake days – we need plenty of those here!
Jen @ Blue Kitchen Bakes
I love rhubarb and marzipan so this is a definitely a cake for me, it looks so good baked in a ring mould too
Camilla
Thanks Jen, I’m sure you’d love it:-)
Chris
Sound like a wonderful combination for me, especially as I am a fan of rhubarb and marzipan, too. The cake looks lovely, too.
Camilla
Thank you, it was lovely:-)
Felicity Kelly
Yum I love rhubarb
DANIELLE VEDMORE
Yay another Rhubarb recipe! I just adore it!
Camilla
Aah, thanks – gotta love rhubarb:-)
Emily @amummytoo
This looks SO good. Really droolworthy.
Camilla
Thanks Emily, I love rhubarb in cake:-)
Heather Haigh
Ah, what a fabulous combination of flavours, I just know this is going to be fab!
Judith Luscombe
Sounds fab, a combination of my two favourite ingredients rhubarb and marzipan
glenn hutton
Looks very nice… sometimes I find these cakes quite dry but this looks moist.
Camilla
Oh the fruit definitely helps with the moisture:-)
Katie Evans
This looks fantastic. I love marzipan and rhubarb, so I think I’ll give it a go. Nice to make something a bit different.
Camilla
Hope you enjoy it:-)
Tracy Sinclair
This looks so tasty, I love rhubarb and almonds, very tempting.
Krissie
My hubby loves rhubarb, might have to give this one a go!
Camilla
Do let me know if you do:-)
Stephanie Coals
Another fantastic idea that looks easy to make and delicious to eat!
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Nazima
such a pretty cake – and I love Rhubarb. Still trying to get my kids to like it (so resorting to chopping into v small pieces and hiding amongst apple/pear in little pies!!) but the grown ups in our house would love this.
Camilla
Thank you – my kids won’t eat rhubarb either!
Helen at Casa Costello
Ooh I’m a sucker for anything marzipan. Have never thought to match it with rhubarb though. This looks heavenly. You are welcome to add this to the #Bakeoftheweek linky too.
Camilla
Thank you I might just do that:-)
Caroline Taylor
Rhubarb goes so well with almond so this cake sounds divine!
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Bev
Sounds fab!
June Etherington
I don’t think people realise how versatile rhubarb is. I will be trying this one out.
Camilla
Yay:-)
Ursula Hunt
Another great recipe to use when I have an abundance of rhubarb
glenn hutton
Looks lovely and sounds delicious…
Camilla
Thank you, it was:-)
Carolyn Clapham
Mmmm – if I had any marzipan, I’d make this right now!
Camilla
And there’s me with a spare pack!
Elizabeth
Mmm that looks scrummy! I love that bundt mould too – the only one’s I have are strangely shaped, not nice and neat like yours. Thanks for linking up with the No Waste Food Challenge!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth. It’s just an ordinary Pyrex ring mould, I don’t own any Bunt tins (maybe one day)!
Lucy Parissi
What lovely flavour combinations Camilla! I only recently started baking with rhubarb (not something I grew up with) and it really has such a unique taste. Haven’t tried it in a cake but imagine it would be really good. I think I would add some glaze on top (if only to entice the kids to eat it). Thanks so much for linking to #CookBlogShare
Camilla
I did dust it with icing sugar the next day for when my parents came round. My kids won’t touch rhubarb in any form so no amount of glaze etc would entice them so more for the adults:-)
Lancashire Food
Thanks looks delicious, thanks for entering credit crunch munch x
Camilla
Thanks Linzi:-)
Paul Wilson
Looks delicious.