Olive Oil Couscous Cake with Crème Fraiche and Date Syrup

Name: Olive Oil Couscous Cake with Crème Fraiche and Date Syrup
Yield: 6 to 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt; 1/2 cup uncooked couscous; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup sweet Muscat wine (such as Beaumes-de-Venise or Bonny Doon); 6 large egg yolks; 3 large eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel; 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream; 1/4 cup chilled crème fraîche; 1/2 cup date syrup*; 12 dates (such as Deglet Noor or Medjool), pitted, thinly sliced

By Suzanne GoinPhotography by Victoria Pearson

September 30, 2006

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