STEAMED CARAMEL AND NUT CAKE

Ingredients-

4 tbsp sugar + 1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter + for greasing
2 eggs
1 cup milk
3/4 cup refined flour
1 1/2 tsp baking pwd
1 cup assorted chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla essence
4 slices bread
3 tbsp bread crumbs

Method-

* In a bowl add 4 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp butter, and cream well.
* Add the eggs and mix well.
* Make caramel with the remaining sugar.
* Add the flour and milk to the egg mixture
*Dip the bread slices in water, squeeze out all the water and add to the egg batter.
* Add the bread crumbs, caramel, vanilla essence and the baking pwd to the batter and mix well.
* Mix 1 tbsp of refined flour with the nuts and add the nuts to the batter.
* Grease a cake tin with butter and line with foil.
* Grease the foil and pour the batter in the tin.
* Cover the cake tin with foil and seal the edges well.
* Now steam in a steamer for 30-35 mins or till done.
* Take it out of the steamer and let it cool completely.
* Then cut into desired size and serve with creme angkaise or ice cream or whipped cream.