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Steps to Make Award-winning Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze

Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze. Gradually add orange juice alternately with dry ingredients. Stir in walnuts and sultana raisins. For the orange blossom glaze, combine all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth.

Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze Most of us are likely familiar with tahini as an ingredient in hummus or in a sauce for falafel. It modern times terms it is a vegan cake. As we're using tahini in this cake, it doesn't need any eggs, dairy or added oil.

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Gradually add orange juice alternately with dry ingredients. Stir in walnuts and sultana raisins. For the orange blossom glaze, combine all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tahinopita – greek style tahini cake with orange blossom glaze using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze:

  1. {Get of tahini cake:.
  2. {Take 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour.
  3. {Get 1 tbsp of baking powder.
  4. {Get 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
  5. {Prepare 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
  6. {Get 1 cup of sesame seeds.
  7. {Make ready 3 tbsp of olive oil.
  8. {Prepare 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) of freshly squeezed orange juice.
  9. {Prepare 1-2 tsp of orange blossom water (optional).
  10. {Get 1/2 cup of sugar.
  11. {Prepare 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar.
  12. {Prepare 1 tsp of ground all spice.
  13. {Prepare of orange blossom glaze:.
  14. {Prepare 125 g (1 cup) of pure icing sugar, sifted.
  15. {Get 1 tbsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
  16. {Take 1/2 tsp of 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).

Instructions to make Tahinopita – Greek Style Tahini Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze:

  1. To prepare tahini: In a pan, over low heat, toast sesame seeds until fragrant and very lightly colored (not brown), 3 to 5 minutes..
  2. 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..
  3. To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line a 9" baking pan with parchment paper..
  4. Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, all spice powder, salt) in a medium bowl..
  5. Place the tahini in a large mixing bowl, add orange juice, sugar and orange blossom water and whisk until smooth (at least one minute)..
  6. Add in the dry ingredients in thirds, and fold to incorporate..
  7. Then add the apple cider vinegar and stir quickly to incorporate (this reacts with the baking soda and puts air into the cake)..
  8. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top..
  9. Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean..
  10. Let cool for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan..
  11. For the orange blossom glaze, combine all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth..
  12. Spoon the glaze over the cooled cakes. Slice and serve..

Pour the mixture in a lightly oiled pan and sift sesame seeds evenly over the top of the pie. Tahinopita is a Cypriot sweet filled with tahini, cinnamon and sugar and is very different from the cake version with the same name. It is an ideal food during fasting periods as there are no eggs or oil in apart from the natural oil that is produced from the tahini itself. 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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