Magnolia Bakery's Banana Pudding Copycat Recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Coconut cream adds richness with fewer calories.

vanilla pudding mix

🥗Healthier: homemade custard

💰Cheaper: instant pudding

Homemade custard enhances flavor without preservatives.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: almond extract

💰Cheaper: imitation vanilla

Almond extract provides a different but pleasant flavor.

In a medium bowl, add 2 cups of heavy whipping cream.

Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and 1/2 cup of granulated sugar to the heavy cream.

Using a hand or stand mixer, whip the heavy cream starting at low speed until it thickens, then increase the speed to form soft peaks.

Once whipped, set the whipped cream aside.

In a larger bowl, add softened room temperature cream cheese and whip until smooth.

Add the vanilla pudding mix to the cream cheese and mix well.

Pour in 1 cup of whole milk and approximately 3/4 of a can of sweetened condensed milk.

Mix all ingredients on low speed until smooth, ensuring no lumps remain from the cream cheese.

Fold in half of the whipped cream into the pudding mixture to make it light and airy.

Slice 3 bananas and set aside.

In serving glasses or a bowl, layer the dessert starting with Nilla wafers, followed by a layer of the pudding mixture, then more Nilla wafers, and sliced bananas.

Repeat the layering process, finishing with a layer of pudding and topping with the remaining whipped cream.

For presentation, place a Nilla wafer on top of the whipped cream.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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