Recipe: Gateau sfouf de noha baz

1 In a large bowl pour the flour then mix the sugar, spices, vanilla sugar and baking powder then incorporate while stirring the sunflower oil and buttered milk.

2 Prepare your slightly deep baking sheet by spreading sesame cream on the bottom then pour your mixture and let it rest for one hour at room temperature.

3 Preheat the oven to 240°(th8), sprinkle your baking sheet with pine nuts then put in the middle of the oven while your oven heats (about 5 minutes) and bake for 20 minutes afterwards.
This lovely recipe was sent to me by my Lebanese friend Noha Baz, a great pediatrician and learned gastronome, explaining to me that this cake was in Lebanon "federating" because it must be cut into well-aligned rows as if to tighten the ranks.