Tahini cakes with orange blossom glaze

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra, for greasing
• 80 g caster sugar
• 100 g hulled tahini
• 1 orange, zest grated
• ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• ½ tsp apple cider vinegar
• 165 g plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp coarsely chopped pistachios

Orange blossom glaze

• 125 g (1 cup) pure icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ tsp orange blossom water

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease six 125 ml (½ cup) capacity mini loaf tins with olive oil.
2. Whisk together the olive oil, sugar, tahini, orange zest and juice, and vinegar until well combined.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon into a bowl and whisk to combine. Combine the wet and dry ingredients together, then divide among the prepared tins. Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Stand in the tins for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
4. For the orange blossom glaze, combine all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Add a little water, if necessary to make an opaque but pourable glaze. Spoon the glaze over the cooled cakes, then sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

Photography by Benito Martin

Styling by Jerrie-Joy Redman-Lloyd