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Tahini banana cake

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Tahini banana cake

Name: Tahini banana cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 100g unsalted butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 250g light brown soft sugar; 85g tahini; 2 large eggs lightly beaten; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 275g plain flour; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 60ml milk; 2-3 small, very ripe bananas mashed (about 275g); 3 tbsp sesame seeds; 115g unsalted butter softened; 125g icing sugar; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 2½ tbsp tahini; 3 tbsp chocolate chips

Diana Henry

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Serves 12

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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Try tahini as a secret ingredient in banana cake – it works brilliantly. Decorate it with our tahini buttercream topping and chocolate chips

Freezable (Sponge only)

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g unsalted butter

softened, plus extra for the tin
250g light brown soft sugar
85g tahini
2 large eggs

lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
275g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
60ml milk
2-3 small, very ripe bananas

mashed (about 275g)
3 tbsp sesame seeds

For the buttercream topping

115g unsalted butter

softened
125g icing sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
2½ tbsp tahini
3 tbsp chocolate chips

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal478
fat25g
saturates12g
carbs54g
sugars36g
fibre3g
protein7g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Butter and line a 20cm square cake tin with baking parchment.
step 2

Beat the butter, sugar and tahini together until pale and smooth. Beat in the eggs a little at a time, then add the vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
step 3

Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ½ tsp salt together, then fold into the butter mixture. Stir in the milk. Carefully fold in the banana and sesame seeds, then spoon the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40-50 mins until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool slightly in the tin, then lift out and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
step 4

To make the buttercream topping, beat all the ingredients, except the chocolate chips, together until smooth. Spread this over the cooled cake, then scatter over the chocolate chips and cut the cake into squares or rectangles to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2019

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