Tahini Cake
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 cup tahini (sesame paste)
- 1 cup sugar, superfine
- 1 each orange zest grated
- 3/4 cup orange juice strained
- 2 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice ground
- 1/2 cup walnuts finely chopped
- 1/2 cup golden raisins sultanas
- Grease a 8x12 inch tube pan with melted margarine or oil.
- Chill in refrigerator until required.
- Beat tahini, sugar and orange rind for 10 minutes, then gradually beat in orange juice.
- Sift dry ingredients twice and fold into tahini mixture.
- Blend in walnuts and sultanas.
- Dust chilled cake pan with flour and turn batter into pan.
- Spread evenly and knock base of pan on table top to settle batter.
- Bake in a moderate oven for 55 to 60 minutes for tube pan.
- When cooked, invert cake in its pan onto cake rack and leave for 2 to 3 minutes before lifting pan from cake.
- Cool cake and cut in slices or squares to serve.
- Store cake in a sealed container.
peanut oil, tahini, sugar, orange zest, orange juice strained, flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, allspice ground, walnuts, golden raisins
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/tahini-cake-34517 (may not work)