Banana Cream Pie Trifle Cups. Delicious layers of fresh bananas, homemade custard, and whipped cream served in individual cup portions. Perfect for parties!
This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our Lovefoodies supporters, Adelenne Lee.
Banana Pies are always so popular, and very easy to make.
Here, Adelenne has made Banana Cream Pie Trifle Cups, which involve no baking and they're so easy to put together.
These mini trifles are ideal if you need to make a certain amount for a party or you're on a tight budget. You can add more bananas or custard, and be really flexible by adding some sprinkles or chocolate chips over the tops for decoration, or some chopped nuts too!
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We've also got a great homemade banana trifle recipe using fresh, homebaked banana bread. That is so delicious! Be sure to try that recipe too!
You can serve these in individual glasses, or make once in say a trifle bowl. Very delicious and easy!
Recipe by Adelenne Lee
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
Refrigerate for 1 Hours
Yield
4
Ingredients
1 cup crushed Graham Crackers
1 tablespoons butter, softened
1 - 2 bananas, cut into slices
Lemon Juice, a squeeze
3 egg yolks
½ cup sugar
1 & ½ cups milk
2 tablespoons corn flour / cornstarch
2 teaspoon AP flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon butter
1 & ½ cups whipped cream
***Note: You can add more or less bananas to the recipe, depending you how you like it!
Instructions
1. Mix the Graham Cracker crumbs (keep aside 1 tbs for garnishing) with the softened butter. Divide into 4 glasses and press down. Set aside.
Slice the bananas and place them in a bowl. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and give them a gentle shake to coat well with the juice. This will stop the bananas from turning brown. Set aside.
2. For ther pastry cream, Put milk in a saucepan and bring to just boiling. Remove from heat.
3. Whip the yolks and sugar in a mixer until pale and thick.
4. Add the flour and cornstarch to the eggs, and beat till smooth.
5. Slowly add the milk while the mixer is on low, then return the mixture to the stove and stir continuously until thick.
6. Remove from heat and add in vanilla and butter. Set aside to cool.
7. To assemble, put a layer of pastry cream in the prepared glasses with the crumb base. Arrange a layer of sliced bananas, followed by a layer of whipped cream. Repeat the layers with pastry cream, bananas and whipped cream.
Sprinkle the 1 tbs of biscuits crumbs on top of the whipped cream with a piece of sliced banana. Chill for an hour or so, if you can wait!
We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other ingredients? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
If you'd like to make a variety of one cup trifles, check out our red velvet trifle cups and our strawberry and coconut trifle cups!
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Easy Banana Cream Pie Cups
Banana Cream Pie Trifle Cups. Delicious layers of fresh bananas, homemade custard and whipped cream served in individual cup portions. Perfect for parties!
Ingredients
- 1 cup crushed Graham Crackers
- 1 tbs butter, softened
- 1 - 2 slices bananas, cut into
- Lemon Juice, a squeeze
- 3 egg yolks
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 & ½ cups milk
- 2 tbs corn flour / cornstarch
- 2 tsp AP flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 & ½ cups whipped cream
Instructions
- Mix the Graham Cracker crumbs (keep aside 1 tbs for garnishing) with the softened butter. Divide into 4 glasses and press down. Set aside.
- Slice the bananas and place in a bowl. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and give them a gentle shake to coat well with the juice. This will stop the bananas from turning brown. Set aside.
- For pastry cream, Put the milk in a saucepan and bring to just boiling. Remove from heat.
- Whip the yolks and sugar in a mixer until pale and thick.
- Add the flour and cornstarch to the eggs, and beat till smooth.
- Slowly add the milk while the mixer is on low then return the mixture to the stove and stir continuously until thick.
- Remove from the heat and add in vanilla and butter. Set aside to cool.
- To assemble, put a layer of pastry cream in the prepared glasses with the crumb base. Arrange a layer of sliced bananas, followed by a layer of whipped cream. Repeat the layers with pastry cream, bananas, and whipped cream.
- Sprinkle the 1 tbs of biscuits crumbs on top of the whipped cream with a piece of sliced banana. Chill for an hour or so, if you can wait!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 395Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 162mgSodium: 165mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 3gSugar: 40gProtein: 6g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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