Name: Rhubarb & Ginger Jam Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 215 g Dark brown sugar; 85 g Butter; 2 Eggs (large); 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 3 tbsp Natural Yoghurt; 195 g Plain flour; 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Ground ginger; 1/2 tsp Ground cardamom; 1/2 jar Mackays Rhubarb & Ginger Jam; Icing sugar (for dusting)

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This gorgeously spiced Rhubarb and Ginger Jam Cake is based on a Rombauer Cake, which is a German cake made typically with blackberry or raspberry jam. I decided to use Mackays Rhubarb & Ginger Jam and combine it with spices like cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. The spices and jam combine to make this Rhubarb and Ginger Jam Cake the most wonderful flavour explosion! It doesn't have the most exciting appearance compared to most cakes I make, but what it lacks in decoration it certainly makes up for in flavour. It's also very easy to make and quick too, so you can have a satisfying cake experience in around an hour!

Step by step...

I started by creaming together the dark brown sugar and butter.

I then whisked in the eggs, vanilla extract and natural yoghurt. Then I folded in the plain flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ground ginger and ground cardamom.

Finally, I poured the mixture into a lined cake tin. I added blobs of Mackays Rhubarb & Ginger preserve and used a knife to swirl them around gently, I wanted there to still be sections of jam within the sponge once it was baked. I baked it for 35 minutes on 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.

The Rhubarb and Ginger Jam Cake looks so pretty with the swirls of jam on top. I added a dusting of icing sugar to really define the swirls and make it look even more attractive. I could not wait to slice this up and dig in as it smelt amazing!

The Rhubarb and Ginger Jam Cake is so moist inside, and a lovely golden colour. The jam running through the cake is packed with fruity flavour, and you can really taste the ginger too. I served it with some double cream drizzled over, but I think custard would be so yummy with this cake too! If you need something to warm you on a winter's night, this cake and some hot custard would be perfect!

Recommended equipment & ingredients*

8" cake tin	Mixing bowls	Cooling rack
Kitchen scales	Rhubarb & Ginger jam	Ground cardamom

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