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Banana Almond Torte

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 3 people
Calories 890 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 oven

Ingredients
  

  • 7 Large eggs
  • Separated keep at room tempe 1 1/3 c Sugar
  • 3 tb Lemon juice
  • 1 tb Grated orange rind
  • 4 Very ripe bananas
  • Mashed about 1 1/3 cups 1 c Matzah cake meal
  • 1 c Coarsely ground almonds
  • 1 ts Salt

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, with an electric mixer beat the yolks and they are thick and pale.
  • Gradually add the sugar, beating until the mixture is very thick.
  • Beat in the lemon juice and the rind, add the bananas, the matzah cake meal, the almonds and the salt and beat the mixture until it is combined well.
  • In a clean dry bowl, with clean dry beater beat the whites until they just hold stiff peaks, stir 1 cup of them into the banana mixture and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly,
  • Pour the batter into an ungreased 9" tube pan (3 1/2" deep) with a removable bottom and bake the torte in the middle of a preheated 350 oven for 55-60 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
  • Invert the pan over the neck of a bottle and let the torte cool upside down.
  • Run a thin knife around the edge and tube of the pan and remove the side of the pan.
  • Run the knife under the bottom of the torte to release it and transfer the torte carefully with 2 spatulas to a serving plate.
  • I hope you enjoy this as much as I have.

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Keyword bananas, ground almonds