Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce that will leave you craving for more. Layers of creamy vanilla custard, ripe bananas, cookies, and caramel sauce all topped with whipped cream. Combining the comforting flavours of bananas and caramel in a way that will make your mouth water.
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Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce is a dessert that has become a staple in many households. This delightful treat, with its layers of sweet vanilla-banana flavoured custard, and caramelized bananas and garnished with whipped cream and chocolate shaving.
Banana Pudding is very popular and is more than just a dessert, brings irresistible comfort food and joy to many. It is so easy to make it from scratch at home and you can enjoy it at a family gathering. This banana treat is nutritious as well as delicious! Everyone loves this Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce.
This recipe with a full video guide will help you to take your dessert game to the next level.
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- ⭐Why You'll Love This Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce Recipe
- 🧾Ingredients Needed & Substitutions
- 📖Variations of Banana Pudding
- 👩🏻🍳How to Make Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
- 🔪Kitchen Tools Required
- ❄️How to Store, Freeze, Defrost and Serve
- 💭Tips for Making Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
- ❓Frequently Asked Questions about How to Make Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
- 🍮More Flan Recipes!
- 🎥Video
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
⭐Why You'll Love This Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce Recipe
Nothing beats homemade rich, creamy and silky Banana Pudding all year round!
There are so many reasons to love this amazing Banana Pudding recipe:
- Uses Simple Ingredients: All the ingredients are basic pantry or fridge staples.
- Quick, Simple and Easy to Make: In a few simple steps, you will have the pudding done.
- Soft, Smooth and Creamy: The custard gives a soft, smooth, luxuriously creamy and velvety texture. That is simply irresistible. The smoothness of the custard pairs wonderfully with the softness of ripe bananas.
- Sweet and Comforting: It is a dessert that delivers sweetness without being overly sugary. The natural sweetness of ripe bananas and the balanced sweetness of the custard make it a comforting treat that is not too cloying.
- Incredible Flavour: It tastes rich strong caramel and banana flavour.
- No-Bake: Doesn't require any baking.
- Versatile: You will be able to swap out or mix bananas with different fruits or berries. You can customize it to your liking by adding extras like chocolate chips, caramel sauce or toasted coconut, allowing you to create a dessert that suits your personal taste.
- Make in Advance: Make the pudding 1 or 2 days ahead of time. Keep it in the fridge until ready to serve and eat.
- Perfect Dessert or Treat: For all-year-round appeal, in an individual bowl. Banana pudding is a dessert for all seasons.
- Suitable for Any Occasion: Holidays, brunch, lunch, dinner, etc.
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🧾Ingredients Needed & Substitutions
The ingredients for this Banana Pudding recipe are simple. Here is a list of everything you need:
- Unsalted Butter: Incorporates the ingredients together.
- Banana: For sweetness and amazing flavour, give a wonderfully creamy, soft, smooth, velvety and silky texture to the pudding. Better to use ripe or overripe bananas. It is the star of the show.
- Egg Yolks: Give the thick, smooth, silky and creamy texture. The egg should be at room temperature.
- Cornstarch: Helps to stabilize the pudding and makes the pudding thicker and lighter.
- Sugar: For sweetness and for making a wonderful caramel. You can substitute the white sugar for raw sugar or brown sugar.
- Milk: It helps to incorporate all ingredients together and makes the custard creamy.
- Salt: Enhances the overall flavour, making the pudding taste even more pronounced.
- Vanilla Extract: For flavourness.
- Water: It helps to dissolve, melt the sugar and make the caramel sauce.
- Double Cream: Add the rich creamy texture, body and flavour.
- Bananas: Add amazing flavour and texture to the pudding.
- Biscuits: For flavour, texture and garnish.
- Dark Chocolate: For flavour and garnish.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
📖Variations of Banana Pudding
Banana Pudding is an amazing, wonderful and delicious dessert but you can easily make a range of flavours by adding in other ingredients.
Here are a few ideas for a Banana Pudding variation:
- Add Spices: For extra flavour, you can add different spices like cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, etc.
- Add Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the overall flavour, making the pudding taste even more pronounced.
- Different Fruits: Swap out all bananas for other types of fruit like mango, peach, nectarine, apricot or plum.
- Add Cocoa Powder: For extra flavour, add 2 tablespoon of cocoa powder to the custard.
- Add Instant Coffee: For extra flavour, add 2 tablespoon of instant coffee to the custard.
- Add Peanut Butter: Add 50 gr of peanut butter to the pudding for a rich nutty flavour.
- Add Nutella: Add 50 gr of Nutella to the pudding for a rich chocolate hazelnut flavour.
- Add Alcohol: For extra flavour, add 1 ½ tablespoon of Scotch whiskey, rum or brandy to the custard.
Get creative and make a Banana Pudding variation by adding and experimenting with different flavours, whatever you like. Get it your own twist!
👩🏻🍳How to Make Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
This step by step instructions and photos will help you to visualize how to make this recipe. See the recipe card for a printable version of this recipe.
How to Make the Pudding:
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1: Add butter to a saucepan.
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2: Cut a banana into pieces, add to a saucepan, and cook for 1 minute until soft. Then add sugar, milk, and salt. Gently heat the mixture but do not boil.
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3: Separate three egg yolks from the whites, whisk the egg yolks, add cornstarch, and whisk well to combine.
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4: Blend the banana mixture and then pour over the egg yolk mixture, add vanilla extract, and mix well to combine.
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5: Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over low-medium heat, whisking every minute until the mixture is bubbling for around 8 minutes. Continue cooking and whisking continuously until the pudding is thickened.
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6: Transfer the mixture pudding to a large bowl. Let it cool down until it is lukewarm, then cover it with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for several hours or until chilled.
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7: Add sugar and water into a saucepan, and cook over low-medium heat until it's completely melted and bubbled.
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8: Pour in the heavy cream, whisk, and stir until everything is combined.
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9: Pour into a bowl.
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10: Cut the bananas into pieces, add over the caramel sauce, and mix well to combine.
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11: Remove the pudding from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap, whisk the pudding until creamy texture.
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12: In a large bowl, beat the double cream for 4 minutes until slightly thickened.
How to Assemble the Dessert:
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Add the pudding mixture, banana slices caramel sauce, and biscuit pieces into the glasses, add another layer of pudding mixture, banana slices caramel sauce, and top it with whipped cream. Garnish with shavings of chocolate.
🔪Kitchen Tools Required
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Here is a list of kitchen utensils for making this Banana Pudding.
- Saucepan.
- Small bowl.
- Cutting board.
- Knife.
- Dough scraper.
- Silicone spatula.
- Big bowl.
- Egg separator.
- Whisk.
- Hand blender.
- Peeler.
❄️How to Store, Freeze, Defrost and Serve
Banana Pudding is better to eat after refrigerating for at least 2 hours or until set. If you have any leftover:
Storing: Put the pudding in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
Freezing: I don't recommend freezing the pudding. If you freeze the dessert, the bananas and pudding will change the texture because of the ice crystals. When you thaw it, it won't look or taste as good. It is better to eat it when it is fresh. But you can freeze the pudding in an airtight container for up to 2 months.
Defrosting: Leave the pudding at room temperature for a few hours and then refrigerate.
Serving: Let set the Banana Pudding for at least 2 hours in the fridge or until set and serve it.
💭Tips for Making Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Here are some tips to help you make the best Banana Pudding:
Cook the Caramel to the Perfect Golden Brown Color: Light caramel will have no flavour and dark caramel will taste burned and bitter.
Use Ripe Bananas: Let the bananas ripen before peeling and cutting.
Cover the Banana Slices with Lemon Juice: Help keep them from turning brown.
Don't Stop Whisking: Keep stirring without stopping, especially around the sides. This helps prevent the pudding from getting burnt.
Make sure Your Pudding Stays Smooth: Put the hot pudding in a bowl that’s in a cold water bath. Stir it while it cools down to stop lumps from forming. After it’s cool, you can make it smooth again by stirring it really fast.
How to Get Rid of Lumps in the Caramel Pudding: Push the custard through a mesh sieve using a spatula. This will get rid of small lumps and leave the big, bothersome ones in the basket.
Following these tips, you can make a delicious and amazing Banana Pudding. Your family and friends will love it!
❓Frequently Asked Questions about How to Make Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Here are some commonly asked questions about making homemade Banana Pudding with Caramel Sauce:
You will need to refrigerate the pudding for at least 2 hours or until set.
Of course! You can make this Banana Pudding a few days in advance. Cool down the pudding in the mold and refrigerate until the day before serving it. Then remove it from the fridge and serve it.
Yes. You can use mango, peach, nectarine, apricot or plum.
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🎥Video
This video will show you the details and step-by-step instructions for making this fantastic Caramel Banana Pudding!
📖 Recipe
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Caramel Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 1 banana
- 3 egg yolks
- 30 g cornstarch
- 90 g sugar
- 500 ml milk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 200 g sugar
- 120 ml water
- 120 ml double cream
- 3 bananas
- 180 ml double cream
- 4 biscuits
- 5 g dark chocolate
Instructions
How to Make the Pudding
- Add butter to a saucepan.
- Cut a banana into pieces, add to a saucepan, and cook for 1 minute until soft. Then add sugar, milk, and salt. Gently heat the mixture but do not boil.
- Separate three egg yolks from the whites, whisk the egg yolks, add cornstarch, and whisk well to combine.
- Blend the banana mixture and then pour over the egg yolk mixture, add vanilla extract, and mix well to combine.
- Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over low-medium heat, whisking every minute until the mixture is bubbling for around 8 minutes. Continue cooking and whisking continuously until the pudding is thickened.
- Transfer the mixture pudding to a large bowl. Let it cool down until it is lukewarm, then cover it with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for several hours or until chilled.
- Add sugar and water into a saucepan, and cook over low-medium heat until it's completely melted and bubbled.
- Pour in the heavy cream, whisk, and stir until everything is combined.
- Pour the caramel sauce into a bowl.
- Cut the bananas into pieces, add over the caramel sauce, and mix well to combine.
- Remove the pudding from refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap, whisk the pudding until creamy texture.
- In a large bowl, beat the double cream for 4 minutes until slightly thickened.
How to Assemble the Dessert
- Add the pudding mixture, banana slices caramel sauce, biscuit pieces into the glasses, add another layer of pudding mixture, banana slices caramel sauce, and top it with whipped cream. Garnish with shavings chocolate.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
Sandra
So delicious, I will make it!