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The ingredients needed to make Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze:
- Take tahini cake:
- Get 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- Take 1 tbsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Take 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Take 1 cup sesame seeds
- Get 3 tbsp olive oil
- Take 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice
- Prepare 1-2 tsp orange blossom water (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- Get 1 tsp ground all spice
- Take orange blossom glaze:
- Prepare 125 g (1 cup) pure icing sugar, sifted
- Make ready 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Make ready 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
Sift dry ingredients twice and fold into tahini mixture. Dust chilled cake pan with flour and turn batter into pan. Spread evenly and knock base of pan on table top to settle batter. Stir all the ingredients together in a large bowl (add the flour at the end, little by little).
Steps to make Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze:
- To prepare tahini: In a pan, over low heat, toast sesame seeds until fragrant and very lightly colored (not brown), 3 to 5 minutes.
- In a food processor, process sesame seeds and olive oil into a paste, scraping down the sides. Add more olive oil until you reach the desired consistency. This makes nearly 3/4 cup tahini paste.
- To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line a 9" baking pan with parchment paper.
- Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, all spice powder, salt) in a medium bowl.
- Place the tahini in a large mixing bowl, add orange juice, sugar and orange blossom water and whisk until smooth (at least one minute).
- Add in the dry ingredients in thirds, and fold to incorporate.
- Then add the apple cider vinegar and stir quickly to incorporate (this reacts with the baking soda and puts air into the cake).
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan.
- For the orange blossom glaze, combine all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth.
- Spoon the glaze over the cooled cakes. Slice and serve.
Spread evenly and knock base of pan on table top to settle batter. Stir all the ingredients together in a large bowl (add the flour at the end, little by little). Pour the mixture in a lightly oiled pan and sift sesame seeds evenly over the top of the pie. They are fried and then drenched in syrup, scented with anthonero (orange blossom water), which make them irresistible. Shiamishi and Assumption Day Shiamishi, are one of the best panigyria treats in Cyprus.
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