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Tahini Date Cake

What is tahini anyway, but just milled and ground sesame seeds. Over the years I have found that sometimes it can be very bitter (perhaps it went bad? sesame seeds turn rancid easily without proper storage). Finally, I have found a tahini (tahina) that I love. I have been buying a tahini from Greece which has a very strong sesame taste (but I love it), and recently found a natural tahini from Israel called SOCO (you can order on amazon here ). There is a wonderful middle eastern confection called Halvah, which is a sesame paste candy/dessert, sometimes covered in chocolate.  It is addictive.   This wonderful cake reminded me a lot of that. It is so good, and so moist.  Excellent with coffee in the am.   I adapted the original recipe by decreasing the amount of tahini to 1/2 cup (I thought 1 cup was way too much for me) and swapping in some almond flour, and increasing the dates and cinnamon. *If you don't have almond flour, then use 2 cups of all purpose flour. I recommend using

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