Tahinopita (A Greek Lenten Cake)

From: KITTENCAL

On Oct 17, 2006

This is an excellent tahinopita Ev! I pretty much made as stated only I increased the sugar to 1-1/4 cups, fresh orange juice is a must for this! Thanks hon...Kitten

From: Roosie

On Oct 2, 2004

I like the flavor of this- the batter smelled funny, but the flavor is really nice and wonderfully nutty (or seedy, I guess since tahini is made from sesame seeds) and has a lovely hint of orange. I did find, however, that despite tasting moist, it is rather crumbly. It takes a bit of work to eat, though. I guess its just because of the high content of tahini... I did have to tent the bread with foil after about 40 minutes as the outside was browned and the inside still gooey. It was done after about 55 minutes. I did have to substitute the sultanas with flame raisins (they are dark, but nice and sweet). I also substituted the flour with whole wheat pastry flour and the sugar with Sucanat. It rose wonderfully. I was a bit concerned that it would be a tad overspiced, but the tahini flavor is so strong, I think that you need a lot of spices to show up at all. As it is the flavors are perfectly balanced between the tahini, orange and spice flavors. I think this would be excellent with some slightly warm orange marmalade spread on it. Thank you for a very unique cake!

From: Benas

On Jun 11, 2007

Very interesting and tasty! I ended up baking it for almost 1 hour, covering the pan with foil after 40 minutes. I can only recommend to line the bottom of the loaf pan with greased foil or parchment paper, or to use a silicone pan, because the cake stuff to the bottom and was a bit difficult to remove. Otherwise, this is delicious! The taste is very reminiscent of halvah, but the orange and spices add many more layers of flavor.