Tahini Cake with Pumpkin, Orange, Raisins and Walnuts
Author: Caroline Trickey from Healthy Home Cafe
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Serves: 10
- ½ cup (140 g) tahini
- ⅔ cup (100 g) sugar
- 1⅓ cups (375 g) pumpkin puree
- zest of one orange
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 cup plain flour
- ½ cup wholemeal self raising flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom, optional
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1 cup (100 g) chopped walnuts
- ½ cup (76 g) raisins
- Heat oven to 170 degrees C and line a 22 x 12 cm loaf tin with greaseproof paper
- In a large bowl, whisk together tahini, sugar, pumpkin puree and orange zest. Slowly add orange juice, mix until smooth, then set aside.
- Sift together the plain flour, self raising flour, cinnamon, cardamom and bicarb soda. Add walnuts and raisins and stir through.
- Tip dry ingredients into tahini mix and carefully fold through until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Pour mixture into loaf tin and smooth over the top.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer poked into the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in tin for 5-10 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
- Cool completely before cutting.
Recipe by Healthy Home Cafe at https://healthyhomecafe.com/2020/04/18/tahini-cake-with-orange-raisins-and-walnuts/
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