Ingredients
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- 400g/14oz
rhubarb, cut into 7.5cm/3in lengths - 2
oranges, zest and juice - 3 tbsp
caster sugar - 15g/½oz fresh
yeast - 75ml/3fl oz warm
milk - 2 free-range
eggs - 75g/3oz unsalted
butter, softened, plus extra for greasing - 125g/4½oz
plain flour - 300ml/11fl oz
double cream
- 400g/14oz
- For the syrup
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- 150g/5oz light soft
brown sugar - 250ml/9fl oz water
- 100ml/3¾fl oz dark
rum
- 150g/5oz light soft
Preparation method
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Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
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Place the rhubarb into a roasting tin and sprinkle over the orange zest, juice and two tablespoons of the sugar.
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To serve, place a soaked rum baba into the centre of each of six serving plates. Fill the centre of each rum baba with a spoonful of the rhubarb cream. Pile some of the remaining roasted rhubarb on top of the baba, then finish with another spoonful of rhubarb cream.