Banana Bundt Cake

Directions

1. * Preferably pastry flour
2. ** or possibly other vegetable oil
3. Preheat oven to 350F.
4. Prepare a 10" Bundt pan with cooking spray or possibly a light coating of oil.
5. Sift the flour with the baking pwdr, salt, nutmeg, and cardamom, if using, into a large mixing bowl. Add in the brown sugar, mix well, and set aside.
6. Combine the egg yolks, bananas, applesauce, oil, and vanilla and mix well.
7. Add in the banana mix to the dry ingredients and stir just till proportionately blended.
8. Beat the egg whites till stiff but not dry. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter and pour it into the pan.
9. Bake for about 60 min, till the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cold on a rack for 10 min, and then invert onto a plate.
10. MOCHA GLAZECombine chocolate and coffee in a saucepan and gently heat for 5 - 10 min, stirring occasionally, till the chocolate melts. Ladle a small amount of the cocoa paste into the saucepan till well blended. Beat in the confectioners' sugar till smooth and drizzle over the cake.
11. (Variation: Combine the chocolate with 1/4 c. of Kahlua and 2 Tbsp. of either warm water or possibly lowfat milk in a saucepan. Gently heat just to the boiling point, stirring till the chocolate melts and the mix is smooth. Beat in 2 Tbsp. of confectioners' sugar and 2 Tbsp. of cocoa and drizzle over the cake.)