Tahini Carrot Cake
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Category
Dessert
Servings
8
Cook Time
90 minutes
Ingredients
Cooking spray, for greasing
4 large eggs
1½ cups lightly packed light brown sugar
¾ cup mild vegetable oil, such as grapeseed
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¾ cup Soom Premium or Organic Tahini
1¼ cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp fine sea salt
7 medium carrots, peeled and shredded (about 2 1⁄2 cups)
1½ cups chopped walnuts (optional)
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small pieces
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, at room temperature
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½ cup Soom Premium or Organic Tahini
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
½ cup black and white sesame seeds
For the Batter
For the Frosting
Directions
In a large bowl or in a stand mixer, beat the eggs and brown sugar until completely combined and thick. Beat in the oil, a bit at a time, then beat in the tahini.
Mix the flour, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl until combined. Add a third of the flour mixture to the tahini mixture, stirring to combine. Add half of the carrots and mix well. Add half of the remaining flour mixture, then the remaining carrots, and then the remaining flour mixture, stirring between each addition to combine. Stir in the walnuts (if using).
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans (two 8'“ round pans) and bake on the middle rack of the oven until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pans, then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely.
For the Frosting
While the cakes are baking, beat the butter, cream cheese, and tahini in a stand mixer (or large bowl) until smooth. Add the confectioners’ sugar and mix until just smooth.
If the frosting is too soft to spread, chill in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes.
For Serving
Set one cake layer on a serving plate. Top with a third of the frosting and 2 tablespoons of the mixed sesame seeds.
Add the next layer and frost the sides and top with the remaining frosting. Top with the remaining sesame seeds (it’s fine if some fall down the sides).
If the cake seems at all wobbly, refrigerate until the icing firms and the cake feels sturdy. Cut into wedges and serve
Recipe Note
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Dietary Preferences:Soy-Free, Family-Friendly, Kosher
Seasonality:All,Spring
Reprinted with permission from The Tahini Tableby Amy Zitelman, Agate Publishing, November 2020.
Ed S.
August 31, 2022
Interesting recipe. I’d strongly recommend against using vegetable oils. Vegetable Oils Are Carcinogenic https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/11/joseph-mercola/why-vegetable-oils-are-carcinogenic/
We’ve gone nearly exclusively with Coconut and Olive oil in cooking.
I’d also recommend going with ‘aluminum free’ baking powder or soda as it’s toxic, can accumulate and leach calcium from bones and that’s only to start; it’s very problematic for human intake.