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  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 180°C/Gas 5. Grease and line a 23 cm round cake tin. Toss the sultanas and pecans in 2 tablespoons of the flour.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar until light.
  3. Mash the bananas with the rum and gradually beat into the mixture.
  4. Beat in the eggs, a little at a time.
  5. Sift together the dry ingredients and fold into the mixture.
  6. Lightly stir in the sultanas and pecans.
  7. Bake for about 45-50 minutes.
  8. Cool in the tin for a few minutes then finish cooling on a wire rack.
  9. Serve with whipped cream.