8 Minute Banoffee Pie Recipe

This is an old recipe. It's been sitting about for some time, but it's definitely time to share it.

It's a traditional banoffee pie. Calorific and heavenly and the best thing about it, is it's a quick, throw together dessert. I don't know when I'd make this again as Cooper has gone off bananas and Graham couldn't eat it as it's made with caramel and cream, then there is my waistline to think of as I know I would keep going back for another slice if it was in the fridge.

If I were to make this now, I'd make it vegan so we could all enjoy it and I know just how I'd do it. Instead of caramel sauce I'd make this vegan caramel from Nadia's Healthy Kitchen and top it with whipped coconut cream. In fact I may have to do that soon.

I will still lust for this one. I may make it for cake club sometime.

So why is it so quick? 

I cheated!

Years ago I used to make caramel from scratch. I used to boil a tin of condensed milk in a pan for hours to turn it into caramel, but nowadays you can buy caramel sauce ready made, which saves many a pan from burning after it's forgotten about and boiled dry. Yes, I've been there and done that.

For this pie I totally cheated, I used a sweet pastry pie crust, ready made caramel and mascarpone mixed with a little milk and icing sugar. Simples!

Banoffee Pie Facts

Sadly the inventor of banoffee pie, Nigel Mackenzie, died last year. 

Mackenzie, who owned The Hungry Monk Restaurant in Sussex, invented the banoffee pie with his chef Ian Dowding. Back in the early seventies they were tweaking the American recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie and had tried various fillings such as apples and oranges, but none of the fillings were quite right until they decided to try banana. That's when banoffee pie came into existence. 

It seems like a much older and traditional dessert, doesn't it?

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Quick Banoffee Pie

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

September 2, 2016

An easy recipe for 8 Minute Banoffee Pie, the most indulgent of desserts Throw it together while dinner is cooking and pop it in the fridge to chill until you're ready to serve it.

Ingredients

• 1 large sweet pastry case
• 454g salted caramel sauce (I used a jar of M&S sauce, but you could use Carnation Caramel)
• 2 bananas
• 250g mascarpone
• 1 tbsp milk
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 100g chocolate (dark or milk)

Instructions

1. Place the pastry case on a serving dish.
2. Slice the bananas and mix together with the caramel sauce in a bowl. Pour into the pastry case and smooth over.3. Whisk the mascarpone with the milk and icing sugar, then spread on top of the caramel layer.4. Grate the chocolate and sprinkle on top of the pie and chill until you are ready to serve it.5. Enjoy!

Details

Total time: 8 mins
Yield: Makes 1 pie

Like quick recipes? Try my Custard & Banana Tart