Dessert
Classic Banoffee Pie
A Classic Banoffee Pie is the perfect no bake dessert! This easy recipe combines a cookie crumb base with caramel,
- Serves 10
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 0 minutes
- Total 1 hour
You will also love my No Bake Chocolate Tart
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Of all the recipes I have shared on this blog, all the celebration cakes and pastries you will never guess which is my husband’s all time favourite…
His top recipe, and one I get repeatedly begged to make again, is my homemade salt beef. Yes, I had to go and marry a fan of savoury food, though he will eat doughnuts and croissants without too much arm twisting.
The one sweet thing is he is a big fan of is Banoffee Pie – a no-bake dessert that’s usually made simply with cream, bananas, caramel and a biscuit base.
Make this when you have a crowd to feed as it doesn’t keep very well (all that fresh cream) and watch it disappear PDQ!
Cookie Crumb Crust (Biscuit Crust)
↓ For the full ingredients and detailed method, jump to the recipe card.
Blitz the biscuits and salt in a food processor until you have fine crumbs. Although classic Banoffee is usually made with Digestive Biscuits I prefer to use Biscoff cookies which are slightly sweeter. I leave the choice up to you!
Mix the cookie crumbs with melted butter then tip into a 23cm (9in) loose bottomed tart tin. Press the biscuit crumbs into the base and up the sides of the tin using your fingertips. Make sure you have a sturdy, even base and sides.
Chill for a couple of hours or, ideally, overnight. When ready to fill, loosen the tart base from the tin with the tip of a knife and remove from the tin very carefully as the sides can be a little fragile.
Assemble the Banoffee Pie
Empty the caramel into a bowl and beat with a spoon to loosen. Add a pinch of salt (to taste). Pour the caramel it over the biscuit base and level. Top with the sliced bananas and chill while you whisk the cream.
Whip the cold cream, icing sugar and vanilla until you have soft peaks. This is best done with a hand mixer beating on low speed initially and gradually increasing the speed until the cream thickens.
Spoon the whipped cream on top of the bananas and spread it to cover the pie. Use a potato peeler on a bar of dark chocolate to create chocolate shavings and decorate your Banoffee pie or dust with a little cocoa powder.
Serve immediately or store in the fridge for up to two days.
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Recipe
Banoffee Pie
- Serves 10
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 0 minutes
- Total 1 hour
Ingredients
Cookie crust / Biscuit Base
- 8 oz (225g) digestive biscuits (or use Biscoff cookies / Graham Crackers)
- ⅔ cup (150g) butter, melted
- pinch salt
For the Pie
- 14 oz (397g) can caramel (or Dulce de Leche)
- pinch salt (for the caramel)
- 2 bananas (, sliced)
- 1 ⅓ cups (320ml) cold heavy cream ((= double cream))
- ½ cup (60g) powdered sugar ((= icing sugar))
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or paste)
- dark chocolate shavings (or cocoa powder to dust)
Method
Make the biscuit base
- 1
Blitz the biscuits in a food processor until you get fine crumbs. Alternatively place in a sturdy ziplock bag and crush gently using a rolling pin.
- 2
Put the crumbs into a bowl and add the melted butter and salt. Mix together until fully combined.
- 3
Tip the mixture into a 9 inch /23cm loose bottomed tart tin (or a cake tin) and press the crumbs with the back of a spoon to line the bottom and sides tin in an even layer. Chill for an hour or overnight.
Assemble the Banoffee Pie
- 4
Carefully release the pie base from the tin and place on a plate.
- 5
Empty the caramel into a bowl and beat with a spoon to loosen. Add a pinch of salt (to taste).
- 6
Pour the caramel it over the biscuit base and level.
- 7
Top with the sliced bananas and chill while you whisk the cream.
- 8
Whip the cold cream, icing sugar and vanilla until you have soft peaks. This is best done with a hand mixer beating on low speed initially and gradually increasing the speed until the cream thickens.
- 9
Spoon the whipped cream on top of the bananas and spread it to cover the pie.
- 10
Use a potato peeler on a bar of dark chocolate to create chocolate shavings and decorate your Banoffee pie or dust with a little cocoa powder.
- 11
Serve immediately or store in the fridge for up to two days.
Notes
The base can be made up to a day in advance – in fact it would benefit from overnight chilling. The assembled Banoffee Pie needs to be stored in the fridge and consumed within a couple of days. Do not leave the pie on a kitchen counter – especially on a hot day – as the cream can spoil. –––––– Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.
Nutrition
- Calories383 kcal
- Carbohydrates50 g
- Protein2 g
- Fat20 g
- Saturated Fat13 g
- Cholesterol32 mg
- Sodium231 mg
- Potassium118 mg
- Fiber2 g
- Sugar36 g
- Vitamin A390 IU
- Vitamin C2 mg
- Calcium10 mg
- Iron1 mg
