Ingredients –

1. All Purpose Flour – 220g
2. Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp
3. Baking Powder – 1 tsp
4. Caster / Powdered Sugar – 160g
5. Molasses – 20g
   Or use 180g of Dark Brown Sugar replacing white sugar and Molasses.
6. Butter – 180g
7. Warm Milk – 120g
8. Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
9. Walnut – 50g
10. Cinnamon Powder – 1 tsp
11. Clove Powder – 1/8th tsp
12. Star Anise Powder – 1/8th tsp
13. Nutmeg Powder – Pinch (1/16th tsp)
14. Dry Ginger Powder – 1 1/2 tsp

Procedure –

1. Sift together All Purpose Flour, Ginger, Nutmeg, Star Anise, Clove, Cinnamon, Baking Soda and Baking Powder
2. Whip together Butter, Molasses and Sugar till light and Fluffy.
3. Mix together Warm Milk and Vanilla Extract.
4. Alternately add Dry and Wet ingredients into the butter mix and fold slowly until mixed together
5. Toast walnuts and give them a rough chop. Save some whole for the top.
6. Fold into the cake batter and pour on to a prepared 8″ Cake pan.
7. Top with whole walnuts and bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 30-35 minutes. Keep an eye on it.
8. Bake till a skewer inserted comes out clean.
9. Cool it down a bit before cutting into it.