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Nutrition: per square

  • kcal274
  • fat15g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs34g
  • sugars21g
  • fibre2g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.3g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put the rhubarb in a roasting tin. Sprinkle over 25g of the caster sugar, add the vanilla bean paste, give the tin a shake and put it in the oven for 15 mins. Remove, pour away any liquid from the tin and leave the rhubarb to cool.

  • step 2

    Reduce oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 31⁄2. Grease and line a 25 x 20cm cake tin with baking parchment. In a small bowl, mix the flaxseed with 6 tbsp water and set aside for 5 mins.

  • step 3

    In a bowl, beat together the margarine, 100g of the custard, the flour, baking powder, vanilla extract and remaining sugar. Once this is well combined, light and fluffy, add the apple sauce and flaxseed mixture.

  • step 4

    Put a third of the mixture in the tin and top with a third of the rhubarb. Repeat twice more, then dot teaspoons of the remaining custard on top.

  • step 5

    Bake in the oven for 45 mins, then cover with foil and bake for a further 30 mins or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Serve warm as a pudding with soya custard, if you like. Or allow to cool completely, then sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy as a cake. Eat the same day.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2014

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A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.10 ratings

jacqui.hartas

question

Can I freeze this recipe please?

l_j_preece30171

question

I can't find "unsweetened" applesauce anywhere. I assume I could just use what I can find and then reduce the sugar I add to the mix - please could you advise how much to reduce it by?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you could just reduce the sugar by about 25g - 50g depending on how sweet the apple sauce is. Alternatively you can make your own by cooking some peeled, chopped apples in a saucepan with about 2 tablespoons water, cover with a lid and simmer for about 5-10 mins…

ruthie's recipes

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

To set the scene, I am NOT a great baker... I followed the recipe to a tee (apart from the vanilla bean paste which I couldn’t find) and I’m so delighted how it turned out. Moist, flavoursome and approved by the family, who remain unaware it’s vegan! This was also my first time using flaxseed as an…

brenda6129108DTtCKA

Vanilla bean paste is quite expensive, i just use vanilla flavour or essence instead.

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evil_angelwings

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

This cake is okay, but I think a measurement is off somewhere because it was a little on the damp side... Maybe 250g vegan butter, 130g apple sauce and 100g soya custard is too much liquid for 250g both flour and sugar, especially when you add fruit to the mix. It tastes great, just too moist but at…

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