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Banana Cream Delight

Layered banana cream dessert with a vanilla wafer crust, a cream cheese layer, instant vanilla pudding, sliced bananas, whipped cream, toasted pecans, and toasted sweetened shredded coconut.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 75 Vanilla wafers
  • 1/4 cupgranulated sugar
  • 1/2 cupbutter ,melted
  • 8 ouncescream cheese ,room temperature
  • 1 cupheavy cream
  • 1 cuppowdered sugar
  • 1 5.1-ounce boxinstant Vanilla pudding mix
  • 2 cupsmilk
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • 2 cupsheavy cream
  • 1/2 cuppowdered sugar
  • 1/3 cupchopped toasted pecans
  • 1/3 cuptoasted sweetened shredded coconut

Equipment

  • 9x13 inch pan
  • Food Processor
  • Rolling Pin
  • Medium bowl
  • Large Bowl
  • Electric Mixer

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Crush 75 vanilla wafers into fine crumbs (use a food processor or place wafers in a sealed plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin). In a medium bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 cup melted butter. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan.
  3. Bake the crust for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely in the pan.
  4. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature) and 1 cup heavy cream together until smooth. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  5. Spread the cream cheese filling evenly over the cooled crust.
  6. In a medium bowl, whisk 1 (5.1-ounce) box instant vanilla pudding mix with 2 cups milk until the pudding starts to thicken (about 1–2 minutes). Pour the pudding evenly over the cream cheese layer and spread gently.
  7. Thinly slice 3 ripe bananas and arrange the slices in a single layer over the pudding.
  8. In a clean bowl, beat 2 cups heavy cream with 1/2 cup powdered sugar using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Spread the whipped cream over the banana layer.
  9. Sprinkle 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans and 1/3 cup toasted sweetened shredded coconut evenly over the whipped cream.
  10. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Notes

Notes
You can use a small tub of Cool Whip for the topping instead of making fresh whipped cream.