Nutmeg Cake
This is a very plain looking cake, but it's full of flavour. It comes from Indonesia and has been influenced by the spice traders who passed through during the centuries. I love spices, but haven't made a cake with nutmeg before - the odd grated bit in a cake, but this one has 2 tspns of it. It's made by the rubbing-in method and a half the crumbs are put into the base of the cake tin then covered with the rest of the crumbs which has been mixed into a batter mixture. The recipe has been adapted from one I found in 'Bake Your Cake', a book I borrowed from the library a while ago. It's by an Australian author, but I forgot to write down her name! 250g plain flour 250g brown sugar 1 tbspn mixed spice 2 tspns baking powder 130g butter 1 tspn bicarbonate of soda 1 egg 2 tspns nutmeg 150ml milk 2 tbspns caster sugar Preheat oven 180C/gas4 Grease the sides of a 20cm spring form tin then line the bottom with baking paper. Mix the flour, brown sugar, ...