Brown Sugar Angel Food Cake with Caramel, Crème Anglaise and Caramelized Bananas

Ingredients

• Angel Food Cake

  • 12 egg whites, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) molasses
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
  • ¼ tsp cream of tartar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 ¼ cups (265 g) brown sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups (190 g) unbleached all-purpose flour

• Caramel

  • 1 cup (210 g) sugar
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) water
  • ½ cup (125 ml) 35% cream
  • ¼ cup (55 g) unsalted butter, diced

• Crème Anglaise

  • 6 egg yolks
  • ¼ cup (55 g) sugar
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups (375 ml) milk

• Caramelized Bananas

  • 10 bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise
  • ⅔ cup (140 g) sugar