Description
A delightful layered dessert featuring ripe bananas, creamy vanilla pastry cream, a buttery graham cracker crust, and a generous drizzle of caramel.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 cup pastry cream OR 1 cup instant vanilla pudding mixed with 1 cup milk
- 1 cup caramel sauce
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- Pinch of flaky sea salt (optional)
- Toasted pecans or walnuts (optional)
- Mini chocolate chips (optional)
- Ground cinnamon (optional)
- Thinly sliced strawberries (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare your work area and gather tools.
- Make the crust: mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter and press into the bottom of a serving dish.
- Layer the first spread: spread half of the pastry cream over the crust.
- Slice bananas and layer half over the pastry cream.
- Drizzle half of the caramel sauce over the bananas.
- Spread half of the whipped cream on top.
- Repeat the layers with remaining ingredients.
- Chill the dessert for at least 2 hours before serving.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
For a firmer texture, chill longer. Customize with nuts or chocolate chips for added flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Layering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: banana dessert, caramel dessert, layered dessert