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Bananas Foster Trifle is a delicious dessert that has layers of goodness. A shortbread cookie layer is topped with custard and delicious Bananas Foster sauce!
This recipe for Bananas Foster Trifle is a fun and delicious twist on two classic desserts. Bananas Foster is bananas cooked in a cinnamon sugar suaceserved over vanilla ice cream. And a trifle is a pretty layered dessert, traditionally made with fruit, pound cake and custard. For this recipe we are layering the bananas and sauce in a trifle with homemade custard and buttery shortbread cookies.
Ingredients
- Bananas
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Whole Milk
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Egg Yolks
- Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Cornstarch
- Shortbread Cookies
How to Make Bananas Foster
- Melt butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a skillet over medium heat
- Add sliced bananas to skillet
- Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring to coat bananas with the sauce.
How To Make Custard
- Bring milk and cream to a simmer on low heat.
- Mix together sugar and cornstarch in a bowl. Add in egg yolks and mix well.
- Slowly add some of the warm milk into the egg mixture, stirring so the egg doesn’t cook. Then, add in the remaining egg mixture.
- Add in vanilla. Return mixture to saucepan and stir until thickened.
- Chill.
Assemble Your Trifle
- First, pick your container. I decided to go with individual serving dishes. The round shortbread cookies were the perfect fit .
- Next, you will add a layer of homemade custard. You can also use vanilla pudding, but pudding is much sweeter than custard. Add about 2 Tbsp of custard over the shortbread cookie.
- Next, add a layer of the delicious Bananas Foster.
- Repeat each step again, adding another layer of shortbread, custard and Bananas Foster.
- Finish with a layer of freshly whipped cream!
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Bananas Foster Trifle
Bananas Foster Trifle is a delicious dessert that has layers of goodness. A shortbread cookie layer, custard and delicious bananas cooked in butter, brown sugar and cinnamon!
Prep:15 minutes
Cook:15 minutes
Total:30 minutes
Ingredients
Custard
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
Bananas Foster
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 6 firm bananas peeled and cut into rings
- 12 Walkers shortbread cookies
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream whipped
Instructions
Custard
- Bring milk and cream to a simmer on low heat.
- Mix together sugar and cornstarch in a bowl. Add in egg yolks and mix well.
- Slowly add some of the warm milk into the egg/sugar mixture, stirring so the egg doesn’t cook. Add in remaining egg mixture.
- Add in vanilla. Return mixture to saucepan and stir until thickened. Chill.
Bananas Foster Sauce
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter with sugar and cinnamon.
- Add sliced bananas to skillet and cook for about 2 minutes. Stirring to coat bananas with sauce.
Assembly of Trifle
- Place one shortbread cookie in bottom of individual serving bowls. Add 2 Tbsp custard and a few spoonfuls of bananas foster sauce. Repeat again starting with another cookie.
- Top with freshly whipped cream and an additional shortbread cookie
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 912kcal (46%) Carbohydrates: 109g (36%) Protein: 8g (16%) Fat: 51g (78%) Saturated Fat: 29g (181%) Cholesterol: 151mg (50%) Sodium: 439mg (19%) Potassium: 894mg (26%) Fiber: 5g (21%) Sugar: 71g (79%) Vitamin A: 1715IU (34%) Vitamin C: 15.4mg (19%) Calcium: 216mg (22%) Iron: 1.5mg (8%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Rhonda Childress says
When do you add the rum to the banana foster sauce?