Dessert for 12

Banana Pudding Cake with crackers

Name: Banana Pudding Cake with crackers
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 6 very ripe bananas; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 cup vegetable oil; 4 large eggs; 1 cup sour cream; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding; 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese; 1 1/2 cups heavy cream; 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding; 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping; 2 bananas; 2 cups vanilla wafers; 13 whole vanilla wafers

$10.50for 450 minServes 12

Ripe bananas enrich a sheet cake layered with vanilla pudding, cream cheese frosting, whipped topping, and wafers.

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Bananas, 2.25 lb$0.62/lb typical	2.25 lb	$1.40Typical price
	Eggs, 4$0.30 each typical	4	$1.20Typical price
	Sour cream, 8.5 oz$0.14/oz typical	8.5 oz	$1.19Typical price
	Cake, 6.75 oz$0.18/oz typical	6.75 oz	$1.22Typical price
	Cream cheese, 8 oz$0.30/oz typical	8 oz	$2.40Typical price
	Heavy cream, 12 oz$0.22/oz typical	12 oz	$2.74Typical price
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.20Typical price
	Ice cream and whipped topping, 8 oz$0.12/oz typical	8 oz	$0.96Typical price
	Crackers, 21 oz$0.22/oz typical	21 oz	$4.62Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$31.49

Swaps

Swap sour cream for yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
Swap heavy cream for evaporatedabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

FlourBaking powder and sodaSugar and brown sugarSyrups, molasses, powdered sugarOlive and cooking oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa

Not included in the cost.

50 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
12servings as written
$$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Budget Desserts

Typical price

$2.62 per serving$10.50 for 4

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Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
6 very ripe bananas
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 cup unsalted butter
1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping
2 bananas
2 cups vanilla wafers
13 whole vanilla wafers

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking oil.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, then mash six bananas in another bowl.
Beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and one pudding package, then stir in the bananas and flour mixture.
Spread the batter in the pan and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes, until the cake is firm and the eggs are cooked.
Beat the cream cheese, butter, heavy cream, second pudding package, and powdered sugar until smooth, then fold in the whipped topping.
Cool the cake for 5 minutes, spread on the frosting, and top with banana slices and vanilla wafers.

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