Rhubarb Juniper Cake with Sour Cream Dough




Rating: 3.30 / 5.00 (63 Votes)


Total time: 1 hour

Servings: 7.0 (servings)

For the sour cream dough:








For the rhubarb filling:










Instructions:

For the dough, mix flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add butter pieces and quickly incorporate with fingertips so that the mixture resembles small lumps of bread. Add sour cream and mix everything together with the help of a fork to form a dough.

Form 2 flat balls and place in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap for at least 1 hour.

Remove dough balls from refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for a few minutes.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out with a rolling pin until large enough to cover the bottom of a round cake pan, with an overhang of about 2 1/2 inches.

Place one disk of dough in cake pan. Cut the second disk into strips about 2 inches wideand store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Preheat oven to 220 °C with a baking sheet on the middle rack.

For the rhubarb filling, place sugar, flour, juniper berries, cinnamon and salt in a stand mixer and mix well. Strain mixture through a sieve into a small bowl, removing all larger pieces of juniper.

In a large bowl, combine rhubarb and lemon juice. Add sugar mixture and stir until well blended.

Pour into pastry lined cake pan. Place strips of dough in a lattice shape on top of filling, pressing firmly at ends. Brush dough with egg-water mixture and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake cake on baking sheet for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 190 °C and bake for another 35 minutes, until the

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