INDONESIAN NUTMEG CAKE

This cake is rich and exotically flavoursome , it showcases the influences of traders to Indonesia throughout the centuries ,the Portuguese , Indians , Arabs and many others , but today enjoyed as a truly decadent treat . The ingredients you need , 2 cups of plain flour , 2 cups of soft brown sugar , 1 tbs of mixed spice , 1 dsp of baking powder , 130 gm of butter/ marg , 1 tsp of bi carb of soda ,1 egg , 1 dsp of ground nutmeg , 1 cup of milk , 2 tbs of white castor sugar . Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Generiously spray / grease the sides of a 20cm springform cake pan . Remove the sides , lay a sheet of baking paper over the base , replace the sides of the cake pan , firmly locking in the baking paper . In a large bowl , mix together the flour , brown sugar , mixed and baking powder then rub in the room temp butter/ marg until it resembles course breadcrumbs . Spoon half the mixture over the base of the prepared pan . Now mix together the bicarb of soda , the beaten egg and nutmeg into the milk . Now add the milk mixture to the remaining flour mixture. Stir thoroughly to combine . Pour the batter onto the crumbs in the cake pan , sprinkle with the castor sugar over the top of the batter . Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until golden brown and springy when pressed gently with your finger in the centre of the cake .( my cake was perfectly done at 45 minutes , again all ovens are different ). Cool in the cake pan foe 5 minutes , then turn out and cool thoroughly on a wire rack . Serve with whipped cream.