Just at the end of rhubarb season, I finally manage to get this recipe up on the website. During the past weeks I have been trying all different kinds of rhubarb cakes and pies, some yeast based, some with crumbles, one with a vegan meringue on top. I love the sour taste of rhubarb that makes it such a wonderful companien to very very sweet things. And after a lot of trials, I finally found the most perfect recipe. A mixture of a coffee cake and a proper “torte”. The dough is fluffy without being too light. The rhubarb gives it a nice kick. And the lime cream adds that…
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Summery Layered Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Blueberry and Black Currant Jam
This massive cake was gone in two days. It was that good. I am normally the baker, not so much the eater. But after having tried one slice of this wonderfully summery cake, I immediately went back for seconds – and thirds… This cake was borne, more than anything else, out of the “need” to procrastinate. Currently I am finishing a term paper and am struggling most days to find motivation to sit down and wrap my head around the issue (“US hegemony on the decline and China on the rise”). And even if I manage to sit down and write for a few hours, I definitely need some diversion…
