Tahini and Chocolate Bake

Name: Tahini and Chocolate Bake
Yield: Makes 16
Ingredients: 30 g cocoa powder; 280 g caster sugar; 35 g tahini; 4 medium eggs; 250 g good-quality dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids), roughly chopped; 250 g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 120 g wholemeal flour; ½ tsp salt; 200 g halva, broken into 2cm pieces

Preparation info

Makes
16

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

Tahini is such a wonderful addition to cakes – it adds moisture and depth to the flavour. These are like Middle Eastern brownies.

Ingredients

250 g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
250 g good-quality dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids), roughly chopped
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Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Grease and line a baking tin with baking paper and set aside.

Gently melt the butter and chocolate together in a pan, then set aside until it has cooled to room temperature.

Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl. Add the melted c