Banana Cake

Ingredients

 * 1/2	cup	butter 1 stick
 * 1	cup	sugar
 * 2	x	eggs
 * 3	x	ripe bananas pureed
 * 2	cup	flour
 * 1/2	tsp	nutmeg
 * 1	tsp	bicarbonate of soda Baking Soda
 * 1/2	cup	Cashew Nuts chopped
 * Merringue
 * 4	x	Egg Whites
 * 1	cup	sugar
 * 2	tbl	light rum

Directions

 * 1) Cream butter & sugar; beat in eggs one at a time.
 * 2) Fold in mashed bananas & flour sifted with soda & nutmeg.
 * 3) Add cashew nuts. Bake about 50 minutes in lined, greased cake tin.
 * 4) zosha's notes: skip the "lining", just butter & flour.
 * 5) Generally a cake tin would mean an 8" round cake pan.
 * 6) You could make it in a loaf pan as well.
 * 7) The meringue is obviously part of the cake, but it doesn't say what you are supposed to do with it.
 * 8) I suspect that it is one of those things you are supposed to know.
 * 9) So here is my guess ... spread the meringue after the cake has cooked & cooled and bake a little while longer.
 * 10) Meringue: beat egg whites, add sugar & rum gradually and continue beating until mixture holds a peak