{"id":2696,"date":"2017-05-21T08:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realsoupfortherealsoul.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2019-06-27T01:59:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T01:59:47","slug":"halva-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realsoupfortherealsoul.com\/2017\/05\/21\/halva-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Halva Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was 16 – stepping back in time to 2013 – I was forevermore whipping up\u00a0homemade halva balls.\u00a0Halva is a middle eastern dessert made from tahini (ground sesame seeds) and honey. There’s usually a few other bits and bobs in there too, such as chopped nuts.<\/p>\n

I’m all about keeping things humble, so I’d simply keep a bowl of un-hulled tahini mixed with raw honey in the fridge. When I felt like a snack or instant dessert, I’d roll a few spoons of said mix into balls, roll said balls in chia seeds and stud them with a goji berries.<\/p>\n

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It got to the point where I wouldn’t even bother with rolling the mix into balls. I’d simply dump a punnet of blueberries in a bowl, add a few (ridiculously generous) spoons of the halva mix on top, finish with a sprinkle of cinnamon and retreat to the couch for a good time of nutty pleasure (no puns intended I promise!).<\/p>\n

Where am I going with this? Halva cake.<\/p>\n

“Mum, would you like cake made for the week”. What a silly question. Mum always wants cake made.<\/p>\n

Sometimes she’ll be like “You HAVE to make carrot cake muffins<\/a>!!!” because these are a fave of hers! Other times she’ll be in a whatever-floats-your-boat mode and grant me permission to get creative.<\/p>\n

We have a massive bag of sesame seeds in our pantry at the moment so I thought … ‘hmmm, I wonder if I could use sesame seeds \u00a0as a flour like I do other nuts and seeds?<\/p>\n

I then considered that\u00a0sesame seeds can be a tad bitter. I sensed I’d need something pretty darn sweet to balance it out.<\/p>\n

Then I remembered how gloriously sesame and honey go together!<\/p>\n

I whipped up a the\u00a0snazzy batter below and poured it into a loaf tin. It looked ‘good enough’, but I wanted ‘next level’. I sliced up two ripe bananas and arranged them on top of the batter. To finish, I made a salted cinnamon and vanilla sugar to sprinkle on top – in the hope of achieving caramelised banana vibes. The result was well-received by the fam bam, and as sharing is<\/em> caring … here we are.<\/p>\n

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Halva Cake<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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  • 1 cup sesame seeds<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup blanched almond meal (or regular almond meal or whole almonds or whatever nut or seed you love)<\/li>\n
  • 4 eggs (these eggs were on the smaller side)<\/li>\n
  • 90g organic unsalted butter melted on the stovetop with 1\/2 cup raw honey (could sub for maple syrup or rice malt – although then we’re really<\/i> pushing it with the whole ‘Halva’ title)<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon gluten- and aluminium-free bicarb soda<\/li>\n
  • A pinch of vanilla bean powder (or splash or organic vanilla extract)<\/li>\n
  • A pinch of ground cinnamon<\/li>\n
  • 2 ripe bananas, sliced into coins, for topping<\/li>\n
  • 2 teaspoons of rapadura (or coconut) sugar, mixed with 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and a pinch each of vanilla bean powder and Himalayan (or sea) salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan-forced and line a smallish loaf tin with toxin-free (such as ‘If You Care’) baking paper.<\/p>\n

    Place eggs, then seeds and nut meal (or nuts), bicarb, vanilla, cinnamon and butter\/honey mixture into a high speed blender or food processor. Blend on high until a smooth, sticky, creamy consistency is achieved.<\/p>\n

    Pour batter into prepared tin and top with even rows of banana slices. Sprinkle over cinnamon sugar evenly over the top.<\/p>\n

    Bake for 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Careful not to skewer a banana coin – you might get a false reading otherwise.<\/p>\n

    Allow the cake to cool before tipping out into a long serving tray and slicing into thick even slices – I managed 9 with this particular loaf.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy warm as is, or with a thick smear of your favourite nut or seed butter (tahini if you fancy the hashtag #allthesesame) and an extra pinch of ground cinnamon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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