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Ube banana puddings ready to serve

Ube Banana Pudding


  • Author: She's Almost Always Hungry
  • Total Time: 8 hours, 30 minutes
  • Yield: 16 1x

Description

This is a tropical twist to Magnolia Bakery’s famous banana pudding. Ube adds a subtle flavor and gives the puddings a deeply purple color.


Ingredients

Scale

1 14-ounce can ube sweetened condensed milk (like Sweet Cow)

1 1/2 cups ice-cold water

1 3.4-ounce package instant vanilla pudding mix (preferably Jell-O brand)

3 cups heavy cream

1 11-ounce box mini-Nilla wafers (or regular sized Nilla wafers broken into smaller pieces)

4 to 5 ripe bananas, sliced

Whipped cream, for garnish (optional)


Instructions

For the pudding

In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the ube sweetened condensed milk and water until well combined, about 1 minute. Add the pudding mix and beat until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 4 hours or overnight – pudding should be fully set.

In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the pudding into the whipped cream until well blended and there are no visible streaks.

To assemble

Save 16 cookies for garnish.

Take one-third of the cookies and divide amongst the individual serving dishes. It’s okay for the cookies to overlap.

Dividing amongst the individual serving dishes, layer one-third of the sliced bananas over the cookies and then one-third of the pudding.

Repeat the layering twice more. End with a final layer of pudding.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours – or as long as 8 hours, no longer. Cookies should be tender when poked with a knife.

To serve, top with a dollop of whipped cream (optional) and one of the reserved cookies. Alternatively, you may crush the reserved cookies and sprinkle the top of the puddings with cookie crumbs.

Notes

Instead of individual puddings you can make one large pudding, using regular Nilla wafers instead and assembling in a 3–4-quart dish (preferably glass).

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Inactive Time: 8 hours
  • Category: dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1/2 cup
  • Calories: 374.74
  • Sugar: 29.81 g.
  • Sodium: 161.62 mg.
  • Fat: 21.87 g.
  • Saturated Fat: 12.83 g.
  • Carbohydrates: 42.26 g.
  • Fiber: 1.17 g.
  • Protein: 4.4 g.
  • Cholesterol: 59.33 g.

Keywords: ube, banana pudding, Hawaii