Passover Chocolate Banana Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 eggs, separated
• 2/3 cup sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup potato starch
• 1/4 cup hershey's cocoa
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 lightly grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• 3 beat egg yolks with 2/3 cup sugar in medium bowl until thick and light in color.
• 4 combine potato starch and cocoa; gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended.
• 5 stir in bananas.
• 6 beat egg whites in a large bowl until foamy.
• 7 gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• 8 stir about 1/2 cup beaten whites into cocoa mixture.
• 9 gently fold cocoa mixture into remaining egg mixture, blending well.
• 10 spoon batter into prepared pan; sprinkle almonds on top.
• 11 bake 25 to 30 minutes until top springs back when touched lightly in center.
• 12 cool completely in pan on wire rack. (cake will settle and pull away from edges of pan slightly during cooling).
• 13 cut into squares.