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Vegan Ginger Cake with Roasted Rhubarb

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vegan ginger cake and roasted rhubarb

The lightest ginger cake with roasted rhubarb and hints of bright orange zest. Perfect individual sponges, ideal for an easy dessert served with custard or vegan ice cream.


Bingo: dessert from the heavens - vegan ginger cake with roasted rhubarb! It has a little fiery kick with a super delicate texture and the roasted rhubarb just brings it all together!

I recently whipped up this take on vegan ginger cake for my amazing in-laws. They were coming to stay and I had a vivid memory that at least one of them was an enormous rhubarb and ginger fan. Needless to say, they now like me better than their OWN son (ok, maybe not QUITE...yet).

Roasted Rhubarb

Why Ginger and Rhubarb?

Back when I used to run an ice cream company, one of my best sellers of all time was ginger and rhubarb. I used to make a ginger ice cream with a combo of fresh and dried ginger then swirl big ribbons of roasted rhubarb syrup into the frozen ice cream. It was delicious!

I wanted to covert that experience into a vegan cake! Luckily, I had some rhubarb to hand, which my mum had grown, and had just finished developing an amazing vegan sponge recipe. Everything came together like it was FATE!

rhubarb, ginger and orange

There's a third flavour involved here too, which isn't mentioned in the title of this dessert. It's orange! I find that orange zest just lifts the flavours involved to the next level. As rhubarb cooks, it loses a lot of its acidity, which is what makes it so deliciously sharp and tart. The orange zest helps to re-introduce this, leaving us with a fully rounded tasting dessert!

Once cool thing about roasting rhubarb is that it sort of doesn't matter what it looks like. This means you can easily make use of frozen rhubarb. Rhubarb season is between April and June, but I really recommend picking and freezing as much as you can. If you slice before you freeze, you're never more than 30 mins away from a delicious dessert!

vegan ginger cake

Any specific ingredients?

Just a few! If you're new here, you might not be familiar with these guys, but you're gonna thank me for introducing you! 

Psyllium Husks

These guys are acting as our egg replacer. They're these tiny little dried seed shells which are ridiculously high in fibre. They bind beautifully when hydrated and hold the batter together just like egg would. If for some reason you don't want to use these guys, flax/linseed does the same thing, but just up the measurements form teaspoon to tablespoon as these seeds aren't as effective as psyllium husks.

You can grab psyllium husks here!

Organic Raw Psyllium Husk Powder

Vanilla Bean Paste

I use this stuff like every day! It's so much easier to work with than fresh vanilla (and marginally less expensive). It's essentially really high quality vanilla extract with the little tiny black vanilla pods left in, which gives a nice visual once added!

You can grab vanilla bean paste here!

vanilla bean paste
vegan ginger cake

Need some more winter desserts?

Why not try some of these fellas!?

  • Vegan Miso Brownies with Hot Fudge Sauce
  • No Bake Vegan Cheesecake
  • Vegan Fruit Crumble

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vegan ginger cake and roasted rhubarb

Ginger Cake with Roasted Rhubarb

Richard Makin
The lightest ginger cake with roasted rhubarb and hints of bright orange zest. Perfect individual sponges, ideal for an easy dessert served with custard or vegan ice cream.
5 from 1 vote
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Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Servings 6
Calories 377 kcal
Ingredients
  

For the Ginger Cakes

  • ½ teaspoon psyllium husk powder ((mixed with 2 teaspoon water))
  • 150 g plant milk
  • ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 75 g vegan butter
  • 100 g granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 150 g plain white flour
  • 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

For the Roasted Rhubarb

  • 600 g rhubarb ((washed, halved lengthways and chopped into inch long pieces))
  • 165 g granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • zest and juice of ½ an orange
Instructions
 

To Make the Ginger Cakes

  • Preheat the oven to 160c and grease six wells ofa deep muffin tin with vegan butter.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the psyllium husk powder and the water and set aside to thicken. In a measuring jug, mix together the vegan milk and vinegar. Leave to thicken.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the vegan butter, sugar and vanilla bean paste on medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Add the thickened psyllium husk and beat well to combine.
  • In a small bowl sieve together the flour, ginger, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Mix together then add half of the flour mixture to the stand mixer. Beat to combine then add half of the milk mixture. Repeat the process until the flour mixture and milk mixture are fully incorporated. Do not over-beat the mixture.
  • Divide the batter between the 6 wells in the baking tin and place in the oven to bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

To Make the Roasted Rhubarb

  • With the oven still at 160c, place the rhubarb, sugar, vanilla, orange zest and orange juice into a roasting tin. Cover with tin foil and roast for 25 minutes or until the rhubarb is soft but holds its shape.
  • Once the rhubarb is cooked, very carefully drain off the syrup into a small saucepan. Place over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Simmer for around 5 minutes or until the syrup has reduced nicely.
  • Serve a cooled cake, topped with a few spoons of roasted rhubarb and a scoop of your favourite vegan ice cream or custard.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gramsCalories: 377kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 205mgFiber: 3gSugar: 47g
Keyword Ginger Cake with Roasted Rhubarb, Ginger Cakes with Roasted Rhubarb
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  1. Seonaid Anderson

    May 01, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    Can I ask what the rhubarb syrup is used for?

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