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Swirled Sesame Tea Cake

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Tea cake loaf with swirl of black sesame showing and two slices displayed.
Photo by Stephen Kent Johnson, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

Of all the trends we've covered, "savory dessert" has always been a hard sell. But the appearance of tahini cookies, tahini brownies, and halvah sundaes at restaurants helped boost tahini out of the hummus bowl and into the pastry case. And for that, we give thanks. This tahini quick bread will make you a believer too.

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