Olive Oil and Couscous Cake With Cream and Date Syup

Name: Olive Oil and Couscous Cake With Cream and Date Syup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 1 cake, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup couscous (uncooked); 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup rose water; 6 egg yolks; 3 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon grated orange peel; 1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream; 1/2 cup date syrup; 12 dates, thinly sliced

Submitted by Sofina

"A childhood favorite"

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 cup flour
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup couscous (uncooked)
³⁄₄ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
¹⁄₄ cup rose water
6 egg yolks
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 ¹⁄₄ cups heavy whipping cream
¹⁄₂ cup date syrup
12 dates, thinly sliced

directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Brush 9-inch cake pan with olive oil.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; stir in couscous.
Whisk olive oil and rose water in another medium bowl.
Beat egg yolks, eggs and 1 cup of sugar in a large bowl until thick pale yellow; stir in orange peel.
Fold the flour mixture and the olive oil mixture into the egg mixture alternating between the two.
Pour the batter into the pan- tap gently to eliminate any air bubbles.
Bake cake until it is medium-dark brown and toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean (approx 45 mins).
Cool on a cake rack for 30 mins.
Turn out onto a serving plate.
(Can be made a day ahead and stored covered at room temperature).
To serve:.
Beat cream until soft peaks form.
cut cake into wedges.
Drizzle cake with date syrup, cream and fresh sliced dates.