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Banana and Date Bread with Tahini and Carob Molasses

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Cook: 15 minutes
Servings 4 person
Course
Breakfast

desserts
Cuisine
Lebanese

MiddleEastern

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Description

Banana and Date Bread with Tahini and Carob Molasses. I seem to be on a banana bread kick recently

Ingredients
 

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 200 g. / 7 oz. butter softened
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 carob molasses dibs alkaroub
  • 2 tablespoons tahini sesame seed paste
  • 3 ripe bananas mashed
  • 2 1/2 cups dates pitted and roughly chopped
  • ½ cup milk + 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 3 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • ½ cup icing sugar powdered sugar, for dusting the cake after baking

Instructions
 

  • First off, make sure all ingredients are at room temperature.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Place a rack in the center of the oven.
  • Butter and flour a large cake tin with capacity of 10 cups of water.
  • Mix together the milk and white vinegar and set aside.
  • In a bowl, combine together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and salt.
  • Using an electric mixer beat the butter and oil on medium speed to infuse them together.
  • Add the sugar, carob molasses, tahini, vanilla extract and mashed bananas and beat for 20 seconds.
  • Add the eggs one at a time and beat for 1 minute. Add the milk mixture and beat for 20 seconds.
  • Add the chopped dates and beat one more time to homogenize the mixture.
  • Fold in the flour mixture, mix well using a spatula. Scrape down the edges of the bowl and mix one more time.
  • Pour the batter into the cake tin.
  • Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until you insert a knife in the center of the cake and it comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and set aside for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack. Sprinkle some icing sugar on top of the cake! Enjoy!
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Keyword Bread, Carob Molasses, dates, tahini
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