These little cakes are not too sweet – and I’ll happily eat them for breakfast.
Tahini is a beautiful ingredient to bake with – make sure you get the hulled variety, which doesn’t have the bitterness that the un-hulled kind has.
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Emma Bella Bassill
These little cakes are not too sweet – and I’ll happily eat them for breakfast.
PEAR, HONEY AND TAHINI CUPCAKES
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cake:
80g /⅓ cup hulled tahini
100g butter
100g light muscovado, coconut or soft brown sugar
½ cup liquid honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 free-range eggs
100g ground almonds
100g spelt or plain all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Generous pinch of sea salt
½ cup unsweetened full-fat Greek yoghurt
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored and cut into 2cm cubes
For the tahini glaze:
3 tbsp hulled tahini
1 tbsp liquid honey
Pinch sea salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsp boiling water
For the decorations:
2 tbsp Sesame seeds, lightly toasted
Method
Preheat the oven to 170C fan bake. Place liners in, or thoroughly grease 12 holes of a cupcake tray.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the tahini, butter, sugar and honey until pale, light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and then the eggs, one at a time.
In 2 parts, mix in the ground almonds, flour, baking powder and salt. Finally, fold in the yoghurt. Stop your electric mixer once all of the ingredients are combined. Be careful not to over-mix.
Evenly divide the batter between the 12 cupcake holes and dot some pear pieces into each, pressing them down lightly.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until golden in colour, springy to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool for 10 minutes, before turning out onto a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, make the glaze. Mix together all of the ingredients and enough boiling water to get the glaze to a drizzling consistency.
Once the cupcakes are completely cool, drizzle over the tahini glaze and decorate with a sprinkling of sesame seeds.
Serve at room temperature.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
