Sweet tahini cake with tahini glaze

Name: Sweet tahini cake with tahini glaze
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 1.5 teaspoon baking powder; Pinch salt; 3 eggs; 1.5 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence OR 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 cup vegetable oil; 3/4 cup milk; 3/4 cup tahini; Tahini to grease the pan; Sprinkle of sesame - optional; Tahini glaze

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

I’ve heard from my colleagues and many people here in the UK who buy tahini to use it for a specific recipe that they don’t know what to do with the rest of the jar.

In Lebanon we use tahini in many dishes (obvs!), but one of the simplest ways is to simply use it as a cake pan release (check my tip)

Here’s a tahini cake that tastes really nice and all my colleagues loved it!

I’ve heard from my colleagues and many people here in the UK who buy tahini to use it for a specific recipe that they don’t know what to do with the rest of the jar.

In Lebanon we use tahini in many dishes (obvs!), but one of the simplest ways is to simply use it as a cake pan release (check my tip)

Here’s a tahini cake that tastes really nice and all my colleagues loved it!

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

I’ve heard from my colleagues and many people here in the UK who buy tahini to use it for a specific recipe that they don’t know what to do with the rest of the jar.

In Lebanon we use tahini in many dishes (obvs!), but one of the simplest ways is to simply use it as a cake pan release (check my tip)

Here’s a tahini cake that tastes really nice and all my colleagues loved it!

I’ve heard from my colleagues and many people here in the UK who buy tahini to use it for a specific recipe that they don’t know what to do with the rest of the jar.

In Lebanon we use tahini in many dishes (obvs!), but one of the simplest ways is to simply use it as a cake pan release (check my tip)

Here’s a tahini cake that tastes really nice and all my colleagues loved it!

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Ingredients

2 cupsplain flour
1.5 teaspoonbaking powder
Pinchsalt
3eggs
1.5 cupssugar
1 teaspoonvanilla essence OR 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 cupvegetable oil
3/4 cupmilk
3/4 cuptahini
Tahini to grease the pan
Tahini to grease a baking pan
Sprinkle of sesame - optional
Tahini glaze
Sweet tahini glaze for cakes

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 180C
2

In a deep bowl mix the flour, salt and baking powder.
3

In another deep bowl and using an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla essence (or lemon zest- that’s what i used) until the sugar melts and the mixture is pale and thick.
4

Combine the dry ingredients with the egg mixture, 1 cup of vegetable oil and 3/4 cup of milk until thick
5

Finally add the tahini. Mix again lightly and gently just to combine the tahini with the rest of the batter.
6

Grease your baking tin with tahini (or butter or baking sheet), add a sprinkle of sesame seeds and pour in the batter.
7

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. I served it with tahini glaze

Sweet tahini glaze for cakes

Tips

Tahini to grease a baking pan

Tahini is the ONE AND ONLY ingredient that mom has EVER used in her life to grease a cake pan! (She’s never ever bought baking paper! 😁). It works great for any cakes or cookies.