Description
Banana condensed milk cake delights dessert enthusiasts with simple ingredients and zero oven time. Rich Colombian-inspired layers blend creamy textures and sweet tropical flavors you’ll crave after one delicious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4–5 ripe bananas (sliced into thin rounds)
- 1 can (397 g / 14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 300 g (10 oz) digestive biscuits or graham crackers
- 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Grated chocolate or cocoa powder (optional)
- Crushed nuts (optional)
- Whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Preparation: Pulverize digestive biscuits into fine, uniform crumbs using a rolling pin or food processor, ensuring a consistent texture for the dessert’s foundation.
- Banana Fusion: Transform ripe bananas into a silky puree, blending thoroughly to eliminate lumps and create a smooth mixture.
- Creamy Amalgamation: Whisk sweetened condensed milk into the banana puree, stirring until the ingredients merge into a glossy, luscious blend.
- Flavor Enhancement: Gently fold heavy cream and vanilla extract into the mixture, amplifying its richness and complexity.
- Layering Technique: In a serving dish, spread a generous layer of banana-condensed milk mixture as the base, then carefully distribute a uniform layer of biscuit crumbs, pressing gently to create a stable foundation.
- Texture Building: Continue alternating layers of banana mixture and biscuit crumbs, creating an enticing visual pattern and building height.
- Final Touch: Complete the layering with a luxurious top coat of banana and condensed milk mixture, ensuring an appealing surface.
- Chilling Process: Refrigerate for a minimum of three hours, preferably overnight, allowing ingredients to meld and biscuits to soften into a cake-like consistency.
- Garnishing: Optional – Embellish with banana slices, a condensed milk drizzle, or chocolate shavings to elevate presentation and flavor complexity before serving.
Notes
- Choose Ripe Bananas: Select soft, golden-brown bananas with brown speckles for maximum sweetness and easier blending.
- Control Biscuit Texture: Crush digestive biscuits to a fine, uniform consistency to prevent crumbly layers and ensure smooth cake structure.
- Manage Cream Incorporation: Fold heavy cream gently to maintain air bubbles, preventing mixture from becoming dense and preserving light, creamy texture.
- Refrigeration is Key: Allow minimum 3-4 hours chilling time, preferably overnight, for flavors to develop and layers to set properly, creating perfect cake-like consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg