banana cake (passover)

Recipe by
Jrkgkf Jfjgk
Hoboken, NJ

From the Cookbook Like Mama Used to Make; a collection of favorite and traditional Jewish dishes Compiled and Written by the Women of the Ann Arbor Chapter of Hadassah Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Chapter, 1952

yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For banana cake (passover)

  • 7
    eggs separated
  • 1 c
    banana, mashed
  • 1 c
    sugar (will use 1/2 at a time)
  • 1/2 c
    cake meal
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 c
    potato starch
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    walnuts, chopped fine
  • 1 tsp
    lemon juice

How To Make banana cake (passover)

  • 1
    Beat whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually beat in 1/2 C. sugar. Set aside.
  • 2
    Beat yolks with 1/2 C. sugar until very thick. Add salt, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat well. Add bananas and beat well.
  • 3
    Sift meal with starch and fold into yolk mixture. Fold in whites and nuts. Bake in a tube pan at 325 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour. Cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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