Remember this crazy delicious
banoffee pie that I made (and then made again about 823,304,329 times...)? Well, when we had an abundance of ripe bananas, I decided to make banana pudding. You know, the traditional wafer cookie, banana slices, and pudding all layered together in a pretty trifle bowl. Then I added cinnamon to the cream before I whipped it, because well, who doesn't like a little cinnamon with everything banana (really? Just me?). That one little change instantly reminded us of my cinnamon whipped cream topped banoffee pie. So I did what any self-respecting cook would do - I made another batch and tweaked it some more until this recipe was born. Instead of plain sweetened condensed milk, I used dulce de leche (or in my case, boiled sweetened condensed milk for about 2 hours until it made dulce de leche). Again, I added some cinnamon to the cream and layered in some mini chocolate chips. It was
heavenly. Go ahead, try it - here's how Mama makes it:
Banoffee Pudding
Ingredients:
- 1 large package instant vanilla pudding (about 2/3 c. mix)
- 1 1/2 c. water
- 1 (14 oz) can dulce de leche*
- 3 c. heaving whipping cream
- 1 t. cinnamon
- 1 box vanilla wafers
- 5 ripe bananas, sliced
- 1/3 c. mini chocolate chips
*(or sweetened condensed milk, boiled in the can for 2-2.5 hours)
