Ingredients
1. 3.4 cup unsalted butter
2. 3.4 cup sugar
3. 2 eggs
4. 1tsp baking powder
5. 1.4 cup sooji (semolina)
6. 13.4 cup flour
7. 1tsp baking soda
8. A pinch of salt
9. 1tsp vanilla essence
10. 4 bananas
11. 1.2 tsp dalchini (cinnamon) powder
12. 1.2 tsp laung (clove) powder
13. 1.2 cup brown sugar; 5tsp dark rum
14. 1.2 cup hot water
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Thickly slice the bananas and place on a square sheet of thick aluminium foil.
2. Sprinkle brown sugar, vanilla essence, rum and dalchini and laung powders over the bananas. Wrap the aluminium sheet around the bananas to make a loose package.
3. Transfer the package to the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
4. Then, cool, open the package and mash the bananas roughly. In a bowl, add butter, eggs and sugar and beat together till light and fluffy. Now, add the banana and beat again to mix well.
5. Sift the baking powder, flour and salt together, and fold into the batter. Add the sooji and mix well.
6. In a cup, mix the baking soda with hot water. Add this to the batter and mix again.
7. Grease a baking pan. Pour in the batter and bake the cake for 30 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.