Sometimes, waiting for a cake to cool feels like torture. So when a recipe tells you to serve it warm, it brings a little joy to my heart to know that the time from oven to tummy is minimal. This is one of those cakes. A super-soft, brown-sugar sponge that, at first glance, I’ll admit, looks like a classic sticky-toffee pudding. What makes it different, however, is the spiced caramel sauce that gets swirled into the batter and poured on top. Heavy with cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger, it incorporates all of my favourite spices and makes for a hug in a bowl.
