Lemon Drizzle Cake and Date Cookies: Yotam Ottolenghi's Mother's Day Bakes

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100g fine semolina

100g plain flour, and extra for dusting

30g caster sugar

90g unsalted, room-temperature butter, cut into cubes

Fine sea salt

½ tsp vanilla extract

1 lemon, zested, to get 1 tsp, and juiced, to get 2 tsp

100g toasted pecans

3 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, plus 1 ½ tsp extra for sprinkling

10 medjool dates, stones removed (160g net)

2 tsp fennel seeds, toasted and finely ground in a mortar

2 tbsp orange juice

Directions at theguardian.com

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