Banana Almond Torte

Ingredients

 * 7 large eggs separated keep at room temperature
 * 1⅓ cup sugar
 * 3 tbsp lemon juice
 * 1 tbsp grated orange rind
 * 4 very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1⅓ cups)
 * 1 cup matzah cake meal
 * 1 cup coarsely ground almonds
 * 1 tsp salt

Directions

 * 1) In a large bowl, with an electric mixer beat the yolks and they are thick and pale.
 * 2) Gradually add the sugar, beating until the mixture is very thick.
 * 3) Beat in the lemon juice and the rind, add the bananas, the matzah cake meal, the almonds and the salt and beat the mixture until it is combined well.
 * 4) In a clean dry bowl, with clean dry beater beat the whites until they just hold stiff peaks, stir 1 cup of them into the banana mixture and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
 * 5) Pour the batter into an ungreased 9" tube pan (3 ½" deep) with a removable bottom and bake the torte in the middle of a preheated 350 °F oven for 55–60 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
 * 6) Invert the pan over the neck of a bottle and let the torte cool upside down.
 * 7) Run a thin knife around the edge and tube of the pan and remove the side of the pan.
 * 8) Run the knife under the bottom of the torte to release it and transfer the torte carefully with 2 spatulas to a serving plate.