Banana Pudding (Vegan)
A combination of creamy vanilla pudding, sweet vanilla wafers, and, oh, so thinly sliced bananas come together to create this amazing banana pudding. A dairy-free twist on the classic dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 recipe vanilla pudding - see recipe on the website - makes 2 cups
- 1 recipe vanilla wafers - see recipe on website - makes 55 cookies
- 3 medium bananas - thinly sliced
- 1 cup plant based heavy cream - needs to be cold
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- 8 tbsp / 60 grams powdered sugar
Instructions
- Have your vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers and sliced bananas ready and waiting for assembly. Time to make the whipped cream
- To make the whipped cream; in the bowl of a stand mixer add the heavy cream, cream of tartar and vanilla extract. With a balloon whisk attachment, whip the ingredients on high until soft peaks are achieved. This will take about 3 minutes. Once soft peaks are achieved, add the powdered sugar and continue whipping on high for another minute.
- Divide the pudding into 2 servings of one cup each. To each serving of pudding, fold in 1/4th of the whipped cream.
- To assemble the banana pudding:I used an oval ceramic dish (8x11x2),; equivalent to an 8x8x2 square dish/pan.Start by lining the bottom of the dish with the vanilla wafers. I used 16 to 20 cookies. Spoon a layer of vanilla pudding (one of the two servings combined with the whipped cream) over the cookie layer. Make sure to spread it out evenly and completely cover the cookie layer. Place a layer of sliced bananas over the top of the pudding layer. (half of the sliced bananas). Repeat all 3 layers. Place another 16 to 20 cookies on top of the banana layer. Spoon the second serving of pudding, combined with the whipped cream, over the cookie layer. Place the rest of the sliced bananas over the pudding layer. The rest of the whipped cream is dolloped on top of the dessert along with a sprinkling of a few crushed up vanilla wafers.Place the dessert in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to set. The banana pudding will remain fresh in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.