Olive Oil And Couscous Cake With Cream And Date Syup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 brush 9-inch cake pan with olive oil.
• 3 mix flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; stir in couscous.
• 4 whisk olive oil and rose water in another medium bowl.
• 5 beat egg yolks, eggs and 1 cup of sugar in a large bowl until thick pale yellow; stir in orange peel.
• 6 fold the flour mixture and the olive oil mixture into the egg mixture alternating between the two.
• 7 pour the batter into the pan- tap gently to eliminate any air bubbles.
• 8 bake cake until it is medium-dark brown and toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean (approx 45 mins).
• 9 cool on a cake rack for 30 mins.
• 10 turn out onto a serving plate.
• 11 (can be made a day ahead and stored covered at room temperature).
• 12 to serve:.
• 13 beat cream until soft peaks form.
• 14 cut cake into wedges.
• 15 drizzle cake with date syrup, cream and fresh sliced dates.