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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Moroccan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Cake: With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Butter and flour a 20-cm (8-inch) springform pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper. | 2. In a saucepan, bring the water, dates, butter and baking soda to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for about 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and let cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate until lukewarm, about 30 minutes. | 3. In a bowl, combine the flour, couscous and baking powder. Set aside. | 4. In another bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar using an electric mixer until the mixture turns pale, triples in volume and falls from the beaters in a ribbon, about 10 minutes. Using a spatula, gently fold in the dry ingredients then the date mixture. | 5. Pour into the springform pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 65 minutes. | 6. Let cool. Run the blade of a thin knife around the inside of the pan. Unmould and let cool on a rack. | 7. For the Icing: In a bowl, beat the sugar and milk until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled cake. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
date	1 1/2	cups	pitted chopped	621.81	165.4412	5.4023	0.86
butter	1/4	cup	melted unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
baking soda	1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	1	cup	unbleached sifted	-	-	-	-
couscous	1/2	cup	uncooked	325.24	66.977	11.0374	0.5536
baking powder	1 1/2	1/2		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
icing sugar	1	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	5	teaspoons		15.5042	1.2149	0.8006	0.8311

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.