Description
Creamy strawberry cheesecake banana pudding blends Southern comfort with luxurious dessert elements. Sweet layers of ripe bananas, silky cheesecake filling, and fresh strawberries create a delightful spoonful you’ll savor to the last bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 3 ripe bananas, sliced
- 3 cups strawberries, sliced
- 1 box vanilla wafers
Dairy and Cream Components:
- 1 (8 ounces / 226 grams) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14 ounces / 397 grams) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 (8 ounces / 226 grams) tub whipped topping, thawed
Flavoring and Pudding Mix:
- 1 (5.1 ounces / 145 grams) box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whip cream cheese in a spacious mixing vessel until silky and uniform in texture.
- Incorporate sweetened condensed milk, vanilla pudding powder, chilled dairy liquid, and aromatic vanilla essence. Blend thoroughly until mixture achieves a smooth, velvety consistency.
- Gently integrate half of the fluffy whipped cream, maintaining a light, airy texture.
- Construct initial layer in serving container by arranging crisp vanilla wafers as foundation.
- Create strategic placement of sliced bananas and vibrant strawberry pieces across wafer base.
- Delicately distribute first portion of luxurious cheesecake mixture, ensuring complete coverage of fruit layer.
- Replicate previous layering technique – alternating wafers, fruit, and creamy filling for complex flavor profile.
- Crown dessert with remaining whipped cream, creating elegant surface decoration.
- Optional: Embellish with additional fresh strawberry and banana fragments for visual appeal.
- Refrigerate dessert for minimum 120 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and texture to set perfectly.
- Serve chilled, revealing stunning layered dessert with rich, decadent presentation.
Notes
- Soften cream cheese at room temperature for smooth, lump-free mixing, ensuring a creamy texture.
- Use ripe, slightly soft bananas for enhanced natural sweetness and easier layering in the dessert.
- Swap vanilla wafers with gluten-free cookies to make the recipe suitable for those with gluten sensitivities.
- Chill the dessert overnight for deeper flavor melding and firmer pudding consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg