Nothing signifies the beginning of spring and summer more than the classic combination of strawberry and rhubarb. This seasonal bundt cake recipe is packed full of fresh fruit and strawberry rhubarb flavor. A great cake for brunch or dessert. It’s time for your tastebuds to come out of hibernation and give this spring bundt cake a try!
I’ve got spring fever which is really fueling my bundt inspiration this month. I have been seeing tons of gorgeous, fresh rhubarb everywhere lately, so I though why not take the classic strawberry rhubarb combination, and turn it into a bundt cake.
We’re lucky living here in Southern California because in addition to the rhubarb, we get fresh strawberries long before the rest of the country. Our farmers markets have been bursting with strawberries for weeks, and I’ve been snacking on them like candy. I actually wound up eating the strawberries I bought for this cake, and had to go out and buy another batch when I finally got around to baking.
Once I finally did make this cake, it was well worth it. I had envisioned a cake swirled with bright fuchsia colored rhubarb curd, but my curd would up more of a beige color. No matter because the strawberry rhubarb flavor of this cake more than made up for the monochrome color.
Talk about springtime in a bite! If you’ve never had strawberry and rhubarb together, definitely make this cake as your introduction.
Spring is such and exciting time of year food-wise. Having access to bright, fresh ingredients once again after a long winter of root vegetables is so inspiring to me. What are your favorite flavors of spring?
Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake
My favorite strawberry cake recipe.
Ingredients
For the rhubarb curd
- 8 ounces fresh rhubarb leaves removed and discarded
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 4 ounces 8 tablespoons butter, cut into small chunks
For the cake
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
Instructions
To make the curd
- Chop rhubarb into 1-inch pieces and place in a small saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 20 minutes until rhubarb is soft and you have a nice pink juice. Strain and let cool.
- Whisk together 2/3 cup rhubarb juice (reserve the rest for another use), sugar, and eggs in a small saucepan. Cook over low-medium heat, stirring constantly and scraping the sides and bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon, until the mixture thickens and can coat the back of a spoon.
- Remove from heat and stir in butter. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and let cool. Cover and refrigerate at least an hour until firm.
To make the cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- In a food processor, blend together strawberries and greek yogurt.
- Alternately add the dry ingredients and yogurt mixture in 3 additions beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Pour 2/3 batter into prepared pan. Pour rhubarb curd over batter and use a knife to swirl the curd into the batter. Top with remaining batter. Bake at 350 for 65-70 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely. Serve with sliced strawberries.
WHY FIT IN WHEN WE WERE BORN TO STAND OUT?
Let's collaborate to create eye catching content that refuses to fade into the background.
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
I’m so jealous you live in sunny southern California, I haven’t seen a rhubarb yet in our grocery stores, but the second I do, I’m snatching them up! This cake is so beautiful, and so picturesque for spring.