This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Strawberry-Rhubarb Squares. It’s summer in the US, so this recipe is a great way to showcase summer fruit. It’s winter here, so I am enjoying summer vicariously through baking.
This is a delicious cake which has a high proportion of fruit to cake. The fruit is not sugared so its tartness contrasts with the sweet honey and buttermilk cake.
I found the batter challenging to spread over the recommended 9” pan - it is only a thin layer and it takes quite a bit of work to make it cover the pan.
This cake was delicious served with a dollop of Greek yoghurt.
To see what everyone else made this week and their thoughts about it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
Oh, this looks beautiful and it's fun to think of you extending summer by making and eating it. It was a thin layer of batter, I thought I had done something wrong at first but others said the same so I carried on and it turned out great...loved the tartness of the rhubarb and that it didn't have a lot of sugar. I wasn't sure I was going to try that jelly roll cake but when I saw yours last week I knew I was going to change my mind as yours looked so good. I didn't make it to the store to get lemon curd so I used homemade strawberry jam instead and that was tasty. Great photo of your cake.
ReplyDeleteHi Kayte, yes, it was challenging spreading out the batter to fill the tin, but this one was a winner.
DeleteWe baked this strawberry-rhubarb squares in the same week at Tuesday with Dorie. The big difference is the season: summer for us and winter for you. Judging from the cake, yours looks just as summery as mine. I had a hard time finding rhubarb, and it does not seem like you have the same issue? By the way, a great looking cake! ~ Shirley
ReplyDeleteHi Shirley, thank you! I didn’t have any issues with finding the rhubarb and I was glad to try the recipe as written.
DeleteYour cake looks lovely -- very summer-y!
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy!
DeleteI am impressed you found rhubarb and strawberries during winter there! You scored..with the finding and the baking. Looks summery and delicious!
ReplyDeleteKim btw 🥰
DeleteThanks Kim. It was worth seeking out the rhubarb, as strawberry and rhubarb is such a classic combination.
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