Chocolate Tahini Cake with Tahini Frosting
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 1343
- Total Fat
- 84
- Saturated Fat
- 35
- Carbohydrates
- 143
- Dietary Fiber
- 9
- Sugar
- 105
- Protein
- 16
- Cholesterol
- 172
- Sodium
- 756
- Total: 1 hr 40 min (includes cooling time)
- Active: 30 min
Ingredients
Cake:
Nonstick cooking spray, for the pans
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup tahini
1/4 cup flavorless oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3/4 cup brewed coffee, at room temperature
Frosting:
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup tahini
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
- For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and line the bottoms of two 8-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the milk, tahini, oil, vanilla and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Whisk in the coffee.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 28 minutes. Let cool in the pans on a rack for 10 minutes and then remove to the rack to cool completely.
- For the frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and tahini until creamy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and mix to combine. Mix in the vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
- Put one cake layer on a serving plate and top with some of the frosting, then top with the second cake layer. Frost the top and sides of the cake and serve at room temperature.