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| A "Dixie" pudding/trifle |
Chocolate sprinkles, and a couple of bunches of bananas ready to turn (who was not eating the bananas???)
I wondered what could I do and mulled it over for a few days. When Wednesday morning came, I woke up and had this idea. Its a banana pudding/trifle kinda thing. I can't see to find the right "name" for it. I put it together, chilled it for several hours, told a few friends the story and had them try it to see if it worked (I know, a little lame, right?) What convinced me it was a success was when we saw people grabbing paper cups and scooping some in the cups to take home with them. There was just enough left (I made this very large disposable aluminum lasagna/roasting pan size) to scoop out and take home to try with Tom. I do have to say, it is quite tasty AND it is easy to make, so Enjoy!
By the way - glad you were all patient in waiting for a new post. Its been quite the last few weeks.
Banana pudding trifle? Any ideas what to call it?
1 unfrosted, already baked cake. Preferably vanilla or citrus flavored. I used a "Florida" cake I had on hand that was not frosted.
1 package (large)of instant vanilla pudding
3 cups whole milk
1 large carton of cool whip (you can use the equivalent of freshly whipped whipping cream if you are going to serve it within a few hours)
4-5 bananas, peeled and sliced
1 jar of Trader Joes (or your favorite brand) lemon curd
1 jar of Coconut curd
Real chocolate sprinkles
1). In a mixing bowl, add the vanilla and milk. Whisk with a wire whip. To the mix, fold in the thawed cool whip (Or whipped cream). Set in fridge until ready to use.
2). Slice the cake in long strips, about 1 to 1-1/2 inches thick.
3). In a deep dish baking pan (I use a lasagna pan), line the bottom of the pan with the cake strips, only one layer, laying them on their side so the cake is exposed and the top/bottom of the cake is touching the other pieces.
4). Spread the lemon curd on top of the cake, covering it entirely.
5). On top of the lemon curd layer, lay out the sliced bananas in one layer.
6). On top of the banana layer, pour half of the whipped cream/pudding mix. Spread evenly.
Repeat items 3 through 6. Sprinkle the final pudding/cream layer with chocolate sprinkles.
Chill in Fridge for at least 2 hours.
I scooped out the dessert with a large spoon, into bowls, like you would banana pudding.
We were discussing the variations you could do with this recipe - different fruits, different curds, instead of curd a raspberry, blueberry or strawberry sauce; different pudding, etc. Its a "use your imagination" and whats in your pantry kind of recipe.
Enjoy. Tell us how you made it your own!
PRINTABLE VERSION OF A Dixie Banana Pudding Trifle...
I would call it Dixie Trifle. The Florida citrus cake together with bananas gives it a southern flair. The south is sometimes referred to as Dixie. And it was inspired by another Dixie. It definitely qualifies as a trifle. So its going in my recipe book as Dixie Trifle. Now, if only I would have gotten to taste yours ...
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