Recipe by Yael Dagan

Tunisian Orange Cake (Bolo)

Print
add or remove this to/from your favorites
Parve Parve
Easy Easy
18 Servings
Allergens

Ingredients

Dough

  • 5 eggs

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 2 and 1/4 teaspoons vanilla sugar

  • 1 cup oil

  • 1 cup fresh orange juice plus some orange zest

  • 1 kilogram white flour mixed with 2 teaspoons baking powder (or use self-rising flour)

  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds

Mix-Ins

  • 2 to 3 dates, checked and diced

  • 4 dried apricots, checked and diced

  • 3 tablespoons raisins

  • 3 tablespoons dried cranberries

  • 3 tablespoons hazelnuts, halved

  • 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts

For Topping

  • beaten eggs, for egg wash

  • sesame seeds

Directions

Prepare the Tunisian Orange Cake

1.

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Line two long loaf pans with parchment paper.

2.

Mix into a unified dough. The dough will be very sticky. Add in the dried fruit and nuts.

3.

Oil your hands. Divide the dough into two. Mound each half of the dough into a loaf and place in the prepared pans. Place each loaf close to the wall of the pan, not right up against it, because it spreads a little.

4.

Brush the loaves with egg wash. Sprinkle sesame seeds over.

5.

Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes or until the bolo begins to turn golden, not longer.

6.

When cooled, serve with lemon verbena or mint tea.

Tunisian Orange Cake (Bolo)

Please log in to rate

Reviews

Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Newest
Oldest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments