Spiced Coffee, Banana & Rum Raisin Cake Bars

 

7 tsp instant coffee powder
40g cocoa powder
200 g sugar
175 g raisins
ca 125 ml rum + 1 shot of rum
ca 125 ml water
 125 g butter
60 g powdered sugar
2 Tbsp Vanilla infused sugar or 1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
1 pinch of salt
1 ripe banana, mashed
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp cloves
250 g flour
1 tsp baking powder

Soak the raisins in the rum. Drain and save all the rum that the raisins couldn´t absorb and add more rum until you reach the 125 ml.

Mix coffee powder, 125 ml of water, sugar, cocoa in a pot and bring to a boil. Add the raisins and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add the spices as it simmers. After the 15 minutes turn of heat and let come to room temperature. 

Preheat your oven to 180 Celsius and prepare a 30 cm square baking pan.
Cream Butter with powdered sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, banana pure, salt and rum.

Combine flour and baking powder and sieve over the wet dough while gently folding it in with your spatula.

Now, slowly add the sirup to your dough.

Pour the batter into your baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.

For a clean cut, let the Rum Raisin Bars cool down a bit as it might crumble when sliced too hot.

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