As a result, tea cakes have become an integral part of African-American food culture. Elbert Mackey even wrote a whole book ...

Line a 20cm cake tin with baking parchment ... Blend the olive oil and nigella seeds together in a blender to create a black oily paste. Add this to the flour mix and stir in.

This cake has a flavour combination that almost everyone loves — I have served it at kids’ birthday parties and at weddings. For this version I have used cherries, but as we’re at the very ...