Ingredients:

• 250 g – plain flour/ Maida
• 250 g – soft Brown sugar
• 3 – eggs, beaten
• 3 tbsp – cocoa
• 1 tsp – baking powder
• 1 cup – Sunflower oil or any other cooking oil
• 1 cup – Milk
• 1 tsp – vanilla essence
• 4 tbsp – rum
• 200 g – fresh Cream
• 3 tbsp – icing Sugar
• 100 g – Walnuts (chopped)

Method:

1. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into bowl.
2. Mix in the brown sugar.
3. Add the beaten eggs, rum, oil, a little milk, and vanilla essence and mix well to a smooth batter.
4. Pour into a greased and papered cake tin and bake for 1 hour in a slow oven or until the cake has risen well and brown on top.
5. Set it aside to cool, then remove from the tin.
6. Beat the cream and icing sugar until thick and creamy.
7. Pile on top of the cake and smoothen with a spatula.
8. Decorate with the walnuts.
9. Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes

Recipe courtesy of Bridget White