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Spiced Almond Banana Jaggery Cake

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients
Serves: 3-4
  • Butter, unsalted 1/2 cup
  • Jaggery powder 1/2 cup
  • Ground Cinnamon 1 ½ tsp
  • Nutmeg, ground 1/4 tsp
  • Almonds, sliced 1/2 cup
  • Sugar 3/4 cup
  • Eggs, large 3 no
  • Orange zest 2 tsp
  • Banana, ripped & mashed 1 1/4 cups
  • All-purpose flour 3 cups
  • Baking powder 1 1/2 tsp
  • Baking soda 1 tsp
  • Salt 1/2 tsp
  • Buttermilk 2/3 cup
Preparation
  1. Melt 1/4 cup of the butter. Pour 2 tablespoons of the melted butter into an 8-cup pan; brush the butter over pan sides and bottom. Mix together the jaggery, cinnamon, nutmeg, and almonds.
  2. Sprinkle bottom of pan with half the jaggery mixture; combine the remaining mixture with the remaining melted butter; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, beat remaining 1/4 cup butter with granulated sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until blended. Beat in mashed banana.
  4. Mix all-purpose, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add to banana mixture along with the buttermilk; stir until well blended.
  5. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Spoon remaining jaggery sugar mixture evenly over top; cover with remaining batter.
  6. Bake in a 180° oven until a long wood skewer inserted into the thickest part of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
  7. Cool the cake on a rack about 5 minutes, then invert cake onto a serving plate. Serve the cake warm or cool.
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