Caribbean Cake / Cake Antillais

Caribbean Cake




Ingredients
50g sultana raisins
50g raisins
50g rum
1 tbsp water
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125g butter
125g sugar
160g flour
3 eggs
3 tbsp dessicated coconut
A banana (mashed)
2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
1/4  tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Almonds/walnuts (optional)

Method
Soak the raisins overnight in a little rum.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
In a bowl beat butter & sugar.
Then add beaten eggs.
Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the cake mixture.
Add allthe spices mashed banana  & vanilla essence.
Pour the batter into the greased cake pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 35-40 mn.
Drizzle the rum over the cake, while it's still hot.
Serve this spicy cake for tea.

If you are not using rum, just mix both the raisins with a little flour & add to cake mixture.