Ingredients
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1 tablespoon melted butter
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1 cup tahini
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1 cup sugar
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2 teaspoons orange rind
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3/4 cup orange juice
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1 teaspoon orange blossom water
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/8 teaspoon salt (a pinch)
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
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1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
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1/2 cup golden raisin
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 9-by-13 inch cake pan with melted butter and chill in the refrigerator until required.
- Beat tahini, sugar and orange zest 10 minutes, then gradually beat in the orange juice and orange-blossom water.
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, soda and allspice. Sift again and fold into the tahini mixture. Stir in the walnuts and raisins.
- Dust the chilled cake pan with flour and turn batter into the pan. Spread evenly and knock base of pan on a counter to settle.
- Bake about 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Invert cake pan onto a cooling rack and leave for 2 to 3 minutes before lifting pan from cake. Cool and cut into squares.