4 cups applesauce
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cardamom
1-1/2 cups dairy sour cream
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp. grated orange rind
8 slices pound cake
4 bananas, sliced
brown sugar
pecan halves

Mix applesauce with cinnamon and cardamom; chill. Whip sour cream until fluffy; fold in honey and orange rind. Chill. Toast both sides of pound cake slices. Top with banana slices. Heap applesauce mixture over bananas and top with a spoon of sour cream. Sprinkle with brown sugar and pecan halves.

Yield: 8 servings.