Sesame Date Banana Cake

A moreish, light Middle-Easten inspired cake which serves 8-10.
| Categories: Desserts Cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
50 grams or 3 tbsp tahini
75 mililitres or 1/3 cup orange juice
140 grams or about 8 pitted, quartered Medjool dates
240 grams or 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled and thinly sliced
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
113 grams or 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
150 grams or 3/4 cup caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
200 grams or 1 2/3 cup plain flour, sifted
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200 degrees celsius. Grease or line 20cm cake pan
  2. Toast the sesame seeds, take the butter out of the fridge.
  3. Cut the dates and bananas
  4. In a medium bowl, whisk tahini and orange juice. Then stir in dates, bananas and sesame seeds.
  5. In a separate bowl, place butter and sugar and beat with an electric or stand mixer for 2 to 3 minutes til light and fluffy
  6. Add the eggs, one by one and beat till combined
  7. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt, then add to the mixer bowl and beat on low speed for 30 seconds, to combine
  8. Add tahini-date mixture and continue to mix on low speed til blended.
  9. Spoon batter into the cake pan, smooth the top and transfer to oven. Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.
  10. Whilst still in the oven, cover loosely with aluminium foil and continue to bake for an additional 25 minutes, until skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  11. Cool on wire rack.