For some reason, tiramisu kept invading my mind for a few reasons: 1) I have never made tiramisu though I love it and never miss an opportunity to order some whenever I visit an Italian restaurant, 2) The silkiness and richness of it seemed perfect to couple with bananas and rum and finally, 3) I wanted to create a version that wasn’t very intimidating and was quite simple to make for those who might be scared of the term “tiramisu”, namely me!
Well let’s just say I was on to something. Clearly perfection happens when the American South and Italy blend desserts. I kept the lady fingers that are famous for tiramisu but used cream cheese from Aunt Bev’s banana pudding recipe. It also helped to make the recipe a bit more accessible if you don’t have mascarpone cheese on hand. Lastly, I added in some crushed nilla cookies on the top to give that banana pudding flavor. And there you have the creation of banana pudding tiramisu.
Banana Pudding Tiramisu
Ingredients
- 16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 2 blocks
- 1 1/4-1/2 14 ounce cans sweetened condensed milk (I am cutting down my sugar so I used 1/4 extra cup)
- 5 ounces instant banana pudding mix 1 box
- 5 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix 1 box
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounce frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 4-5 large bananas, sliced
- 17.5 ounce package ladyfingers
- 12 vanilla wafers crumbled
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup rum
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer, beat cream cheese until nice and fluffy.
- Slowly add in sweetened condensed milk, banana pudding, vanilla pudding, cold milk and vanilla extract. Beat until well incorporated.
- Slowly fold half of whipped topping into the banana pudding.
- For the Rum Sauce, in a medium sized pan or pot, add butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and rum and bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
- To assemble the tiramisu, arrange a full row of ladyfingers at the bottom of a 9x13 sized baking pan. Pour 1/4 of warm rum sauce over ladyfingers to soak them.
- Next add slices of 2 bananas over the ladyfingers and pour another 1/4 of warm rum sauce over bananas.
- Take half of the banana pudding mixture and smooth over the top of the sliced bananas.
- Next create another layer by repeating all steps starting with adding another row of ladyfingers, pour rum sauce on ladyfingers, add sliced bananas, pour remaining rum sauce and finally add the rest of the banana pudding mixture.
- Lastly, take remaining half of whipped topping and spread over the top of the tiramisu.
- Finish the top of the tiramisu with crumbled wafers over whipped topping.
- Place the baking pan in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before serving.
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Azize says
April 4, 2019 at 10:55 amCan I just say your Daughter is the most adorable beautiful little person I have ever seen xxx
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) says
April 6, 2019 at 10:54 amYou are so kind