Glazed Orange Rhubarb Loaf Recipes

ORANGE RHUBARB BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange zest and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in rhubarb and walnuts., Transfer to two 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

RHUBARB & ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Tip the rhubarb into a bowl and sprinkle over 50g of the sugar. Stir so the rhubarb is covered, then set aside for 30 mins to draw out some of the juices (macerate). Meanwhile, grease and line the base and sides of a 23cm loose-bottomed, round cake tin with baking parchment and heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Tip remaining sugar, the butter, orange zest and juice into a large bowl and beat with an electric whisk until well blended. Add the flour, almonds, baking powder and eggs, then beat again until smooth. Fold in the rhubarb and any juices. Spoon into the tin and level the top.
• Sprinkle with the flaked almonds, then bake in the centre of the oven for 1 hr-1 hr 15 mins until risen, golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cover with foil if the cake starts to brown too much during cooking. Leave in the tin for 15 mins before removing and cooling completely on a wire rack. Dust with a little icing sugar before serving.

RHUBARB QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the butter, 1 cup of the sugar, orange zest and yogurt until well combined. Whisk in eggs. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture and 1 1/2 cups rhubarb to butter mixture and fold until combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth out the top. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1/4 cup rhubarb and 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until the loaf is golden brown and set and a skewer inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 55 to 60 minutes.
• Transfer the pan to a rack to cool for 10 minutes, then cut around the edges and carefully flip the loaf out of the pan. Turn it right side up and let it cool completely before slicing.

GLAZED ORANGE-RHUBARB LOAF

Steps:

• Measure out rhubarb. Defrost frozen rhubarb, then drain well and pat dry. If using fresh rhubarb, chop finely.
• Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
• Lightly grease a 9x5-inch (1.5-L) loaf pan. Stir rhubarb with 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar and set aside.
• Finely grate peel from 2 oranges to make about 2 tablespoons (30 mL), and squeeze out 1 cup (250 mL) juice.
• Measure 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of this juice into a dish. Stir in 2 tablespoons (30 mL) sugar and set aside to glaze loaf.
• In a medium-size bowl, beat egg.
• Stir in remaining juice, grated peel and vanilla.
• Measure flour, 3/4 cup (175 mL) sugar, baking powder, soda and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• Stir with a fork until blended and make a well in centre. Pour in egg mixture and cooled melted butter.
• Stir just until evenly combined.
• Batter is very thick.
• Stir in rhubarb mixture and nuts just until evenly distributed.
• Turn into prepared pan. Batter will almost fill the pan. Smooth top.
• Bake in centre of preheated 350F (180C) oven until top is golden and a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes.
• Place pan on a rack.
• Stir orange juice and sugar mixture. Pour over top of hot loaf.
• Cool loaf in pan for 10 minutes. Then, turn out of pan and place loaf on rack to finish cooling.
• Loaf will keep well, covered, at room temperature for up to 2 days; store in refrigerator if longer. Or wrap airtight and freeze.

RHUBARB TART WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in the middle.
• Stir together oj, lime juice and sugar in a bowl.
• Add rhubarb and let stand, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut pastry in half lengthwise, then roll out each piece into a 11X7 inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin.
• Arrange pastry rectangles side by side on an ungreased large baking sheet.
• Make a 1/2 inch border around each pastry rectangle by lightly scoring a line parallel to each edge (do not cut all the way through).
• Prick pastry inside border all over with a fork.
• Strain rhubarb mixture through a sieve set over a bowl, reserving liquid.
• Top 1 pastry rectangle (within the border) with half of rhubarb, overlapping slices slightly.
• Repeat with remaining pastry and rhubarb.
• Bake until pastry is puffed and golden (underside of pastry should be golden also) about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile boil reserved rhubarb liquid in a small saucepan, skimming foam if necessary, until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Transfer tarts to a rack.
• Brush rhubarb and pastry with glaze and sprinkle with zest.
• Suggested accompaniment vanilla ice cream.