Ingredients

  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 ½ ripe medium bananas broken into large chunks
  • 1 cup unbleached flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup egg substitute
  • 24 halves ripe pitted prune plums
  • ½ lemon
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon, or to taste
  • Nutritional Information
    • Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

      266 calories; 6 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 1 gram monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 53 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 27 grams sugars; 2 grams protein; 15 milligrams cholesterol; 57 milligrams sodium

    • Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.

8 servings

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Beat the butter, 3/4 cup of the sugar and bananas with electric mixer until well blended. Beat in flour, baking powder and egg substitute until well blended.
  3. Spoon batter in 8- , 9- or 10-inch ungreased spring form. Arrange plum halves skin side down; sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of sugar — more if plums are very tart — a few squeezes of lemon juice and about 1 teaspoon cinnamon — more if you like cinnamon.
  4. Bake one hour, approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze, if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve.
  5. To serve torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat briefly at 300 degrees.

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