Spiced Cake

Inspired by one of my favourite teas in one of my favourite restaurants, I thought it crucial to involve spice in my next bake.

I'm talking about Masala Tea. It's like Teh Tarik, without the tarik and infused with spice.

Fresh Cinnamon sticks, grounded to a lovely lovely powder..

Whole Cloves, blended to a.. err..a little too strong for my taste. Thats why I only used a teaspoon

Anyway, the cake turned out to taste exactly like Masala tea! the walnuts were an added bonus..

Now to make it even better, I served it with a Spiced Yoghurt. That's just yoghurt with some cinnamon and cloves added to it.

It really went well!

recipe:

1 cup Flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

125g Cold butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped

Spiced Yoghurt:

1 cup natural yoghurt

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves.

Preheat Oven to 180C

Line a 9 inch round springform tin with butter and baking paper

Blitz the flour, baking soda, sugar, spices and butter in a food processor until they look like breadcrumbs.

Place 1 and a half cups of the mixture into the cake tin

Press it down to form a base.

set aside

Add the egg, baking soda, milk and walnuts into the remaining flour mixture.

Mix well and por it over the pressed base.

Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

Mix the yoghurt and spices together and serve it alongside the cake.