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Delicious Anise Cake
Total time85 min
Prep20 min
Cook65 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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ChefTherese Qadri Abu Hanna

Delicious Anise Cake

Anise cake topped with sesame seeds and powdered sugar, which makes it even richer in flavor and beautiful in appearance! Anise is exactly what we need today for its calming benefits :)

A very delicious anise cake made with an incredibly easy recipe .. Anise has calming benefits, and that is perhaps what we need most :)

Ingredients

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  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup liquid milk
  • 1 cup brown or white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon liquid vanilla or 1 teaspoon powdered vanilla
  • A small pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground anise
  • 2 teaspoons anise seeds
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 and a half cups sifted flour
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Method

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  1. First, grease a cake pan with oil, or brush it with oil, then sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds so the sesame sticks to all the sides. Set the pan aside and start making the batter.
  2. In a blender, add the eggs, vanilla, and pinch of salt and beat well, then add the sugar and beat well.
  3. When the mixture turns creamy, add the oil and milk and beat well, then add the anise seeds and ground anise and blend again.
  4. Add the flour gradually and beat well, and finally add the baking powder and beat.
  5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Pour the batter into the pan slowly so the sesame seeds on the sides stay in place, then sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
  6. Place the anise cake in the middle of the hot oven and leave it for 40 to 45 minutes, checking on it.
    Timers: 45 min
  7. After the cake is baked, let it rest for 10 minutes, then invert it onto a serving plate and dust the top with powdered sugar.
    Timers: 10 min
  8. This is a very delicious and new cake from a friend and cook of the site
  9. Also from the site, Orange and Butter Cake

Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeMediumLong cook

Notes and serving ideas

  • Orange and Butter Cake

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