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A banana layer cake topped with nilla wafers on a cake stand
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Banana Pudding Cake

This Banana Pudding Cake features three vanilla cakes layered with homemade banana pudding and vanilla icing. Topped with caramel sauce and Nilla wafers, it's a decadent dessert that's surprisingly simple to prepare.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Chill Time4 hours
Total Time5 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana desserts, banana pudding cake, banana pudding cake recipe, banana pudding layer cake
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 1276kcal
Author: Jill

Equipment

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

  • 2 boxes of French Vanilla cake mix
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 C water
  • 1 C oil
  • 2 C toasted coconut
  • 1 bottle of caramel sauce
  • Nilla wafer cookies

Banana Pudding ingredients

  • 1 3.4- oz. box of Instant Banana Pudding
  • 2 cups of milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 8- oz. package cream cheese softened
  • 1 container Cool Whip

Vanilla Frosting

Instructions

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
  • Follow the directions on the back of the cake box to make the batter
  • Divide the batter between the three pans
  • Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  • Once baked, allow to cool completely
  • Using a cake leveler, slice off the rounded tops to make the cakes leveled

Banana pudding directions

  • Using a large mixing bowl, beat together the banana pudding and milk for about 5 minutes.
  • Mix in the Sweetened condensed milk until smooth
  • Mix in the cream cheese until smooth
  • Fold in the cool whip until smooth
  • Scoop the pudding into the piping bag

Frosting Directions

  • Using a standing mixer, beat all the frosting ingredients until creamy and stiff peaks
  • Scoop into the piping bag

Building the cake directions

  • Place one cake round onto the cake board
  • Using the cake frosting, pipe a thick outline around the edge of the cake. This will be the barrier to keep the pudding in the middle
  • Pipe pudding into the middle of the cake layer
  • Place the second cake layer on top of the first one
  • Repeat steps with the frosting and pudding with the second cake layer
  • Place the third cake layer on top
  • Using the remaining frosting, frost entire cake
  • Sprinkle the toasted coconut onto the bottom of the cake
  • Pour the caramel sauce into the squeeze bottle and squeeze it along the top edge of the cake that way the sauce drips down along the sides.
  • Using the remaining frosting in the piping bag, pipe dollops of frosting along the top
  • Sprinkle with toasted coconut and place a Nilla wafer cookie against the frosting dollops
  • Place in the fridge for 1 hour to allow the frosting to harden before cutting into slices and enjoying.

Nutrition

Calories: 1276kcal | Carbohydrates: 136g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 78g | Saturated Fat: 39g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 218mg | Sodium: 807mg | Potassium: 274mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 99g | Vitamin A: 1706IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 348mg | Iron: 2mg