Saturday 2 December 2017

THE SPICE ISLAND CAKE

Preheat your oven to 160 deg C....
Spray and line a loaf pan ...
Cream together 70gm of castor sugar , 100gm of soft brown sugar with 170gm of  room temp margarine .
Continue to beat with an electric mixer until pale light and fluffy .
Add 3 lightly beaten eggs a little at a time .
Measure out 170 gm of self raising flour and stir through 2 tsp of baking powder .
Now incorporate the mixed flour into the batter and gently beat till the batter is soft and thick .
Add1 tsp of ground cinnamon
1/2tsp of ground cloves
1/2tsp of ground cardamom
1 tsp of vanilla extract
Finally add  3 tbs of milk to help distribute the spices through the batter .
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan
Bake for 35minutes in the well preheated oven or until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan .
Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack .
This cake can be served warm with ice cream  .
Enjoy  the aromas of the island spices wafting through the kitchen ...mmmmm!

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