Tested and Perfected by Food and Wine Almond Cakes with Bananas
and Warm Caramel Sauce © Anna Williams  Almond Cakes with
Bananas and Warm Caramel Sauce    • SERVINGS: 10   • FAST    1.
Vegetable oil spray   2. 3/4 cup whole blanched almonds, finely
ground   3. 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour   4. 1
stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted   5. 2 tablespoons dark
rum   6. 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract   7. 1 1/3 cups
sugar   8. 6 ripe bananas, 2 coarsely chopped   9. 7 large egg
whites, at room temperature   10. 1/8 teaspoon salt   11. Warm
Caramel Sauce   1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Place ten 4-inch
fluted tartlet pans with removable bottoms on a baking sheet.
Spray the pans with vegetable oil spray.   2. In a medium bowl,
combine the ground almonds with the flour, butter, rum, vanilla
and 2/3 cup of the sugar. Fold in the chopped bananas.   3. In a
large bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt at high speed
until frothy. Slowly pour in the remaining 2/3 cup of sugar and
beat until stiff