Olive Oil Couscous Cake with Crème Fraîche and Date Syrup

Ingredients

• ½ cup uncooked couscous
• ½ cup date syrup
• ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 large egg yolks
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 14 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 12 dates (such as Deglet Noor or Medjool)
  • ¼ cup créme frache
  • ¼ cup sweet Muscat wine (such as Beaumes-de-Venise or Bonny Doon)
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder

Preheat oven to 375°F. Brush 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 3-inch-high sides with olive oil. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper round; brush parchment with olive oil. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Stir in couscous. Whisk olive oil and Muscat in another medium bowl to ...

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