Tia Maria Adult Cake ;)

I had a bottle of  Tia Maria ( coffee flavoured liquer ) lying with me since a few years now and i just happen to stumble upon a really simple but extremely delicious recipe for a cake. And, yes its an adult cake as quite a handsome amount of your choice of liquor goes into it. You can replace Tia Maria with any spirit you fancy, rum or brandy or even sweet sherry will do. 

Make this on Christmas Eve, or as a birthday cake for a special somebody or just for yourself. 

The ingredients are-

150gm cups of Flour or maida

3 eggs finally beaten separately

175 gm shakkar or brown sugar or just plain sugar

175 gm butter

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarb soda

Honey 175 ml

Tia Maria 125 ml

1/2 cup orange juice

Zest of 2 lemons or oranges

1tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

2 tbsp Cocoa powder

Nutmeg powder 1 pinch

Salt 1 pinch

Finally chopped- 1/2 cup each

Almonds

Raisins

Kaju or cashewnut

Khajur or fresh dates

Glazed ginger ( optional )

Petha ( optional )

Tuti Fruiti

Put the dry fruits, butter, sugar, honey, Tia Maria, orange juice, zest, cocoa powder and dry spices into a large wide saucepan and gently bring to boil. Stirring gently as the butter melts.Simmer for 10 min. Shut off the gas and let it stand for 30 min.

Now gently fold finely beaten eggs,  flour, baking powder and bi carbonate. Combine all the ingredients together. 

You dont need to beat it too much. Just let it reach the flowing consistency required for a cake batter. Pre heat the oven to 150 degrees. Place in the oven for 2 hours at 180 degrees. 

Let it cool on a rack. The knife will come out gooey in the knife test. But thats alright, it will cook more as it cools.

No icing is required on this cake. If you really want to decorate it with edible confetti or nutties.

Or serve it by pouring hot chocolate sauce over it. Try it and it'll sure be a huge success.. Enjoy