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Banana Parfait

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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Bananas, angel food cake, and chocolate mix it up in this super simple dessert. So the next time you need an easy and elegant dessert, think banana parfait!

Banana Parfait
Oh bananas, how do we love thee?   So many ways, and what’s not to love – they are the perfect, scrumptious, portable, non-sticky/drippy/messy fruit.  (Not that I don’t sometimes love peach juice running down my chin.)

 bananas

You know what else we love?  CHOCOLATE.  Duh.  So when figure out a recipe that has both chocolate and bananas, I know that soon I’m going to be digging into something good.  It happened to me with the Banana Bites that are still one of my most popular posts EVER, and here we go again…and this time with some angel food cake, a few almonds, some mascarpone cheese, all in a dessert that will take you, oh, about 15 minutes to assemble, and that’s if you are going really slow.

Here’s the scoop.  Find some pretty wine glasses, the rounder the better.  Now take some angel food cake (the kind you can buy in the bakery section of your supermarket is perfectly fine) and slice it up.  You want the initial slices to be about an inch high, and then trim those into whatever shape will fit nicely into your wine glasses. Don’t worry too much about making them pretty and precise, because they are going to be drowned in this.

chocolate sauce
That’s my mind-blowingly good favorite chocolate sauce from the mind-blowingly good Stonewall Kitchen, but you use whatever your favorite is.

Next you are going to whip up a mixture of mascarpone cheese (which is like a sweet cream cheese, and you can find it in the supermarket either in the cheese section or sometimes right near the cream cheese), some sugar, a little cream and if you are feeling frisky, a little amaretto.  And here we go!  Drop a piece of cake in the wineglass.  Add in some banana slices, a spoonful of the cheese mixture, some chocolate sauce and a few sliced almonds.  Repeat the layers, ending with the almonds.


The perfect, perfect ending to that special dinner party.  Or you can go ahead and have it on a regular Tuesday night.  Or both!
 

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Banana Parfait


  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No Cook
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • Your favorite chocolate sauce
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, divided
  • 3/4 cup mascarpone cheese
  • 3 tablespoons amaretto
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 8 1/2-inch-thick angel food cake slices
  • 24 1/3-inch-thick diagonal banana slices (from about 3 bananas)
  • 1/3 cup (about) sliced almonds, toasted

Instructions

  1. Whisk mascarpone, amaretto, sugar, and 2 tablespoons cream in medium bowl until blended.
  2. Cut the angel food cake into bite sized pieces (1-2 inches) and place a couple of pieces into each of 4 wine glasses.
  3. Top the cake with a few banana slices, a generous spoonful of cream mixture, a generous pour of chocolate sauce and some almonds. Repeat parfait layering 1 more time and serve.
66950.4 g500 mg30.6 g18.3 g0.1 g90.3 g4.2 g8.7 g68.8 mg

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Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on July 24, 2011

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  1. PoetessWug says

    July 24, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Oh Yeah!!!!!…..That's all I have to say! Am I sure?……Oh Yeah!!! ^_^

    Reply
  2. Marisa says

    July 24, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    That looks amazing. I need to find some of that sauce!

    Reply
  3. Joanne says

    July 25, 2011 at 3:33 am

    I'm actually not the biggest banana fan but this is something that I could truly be passionate about.

    Reply
  4. Rivki Locker (Ordinary Blogger) says

    July 25, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    what a great – no bake – summer dessert recipe.

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  5. Mama.Mommy.Mom. says

    July 25, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Looks delicious! I love that you serve it in a wine glass. They really do make for excellent presentation!

    Jamie @ http://www.mamamommymom.com
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  6. The Slow Roasted Italian says

    July 26, 2011 at 12:59 am

    Oh good heavens! Those look amazing!

    BTW, first time on your blog. LOVE it!!! I am you r newest follower.

    Reply
  7. FramedCooks says

    July 26, 2011 at 1:41 am

    Thanks all! Yay for summer desserts that don't involve any cooking with HEAT! :)

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    July 26, 2011 at 5:27 am

    I will try this for sure! I also like to smash my bananas into the mascarpone cheese and put them in bowls with cookies…vanilla wafers or whatever you have on hand. Makes a quick banana pudding.

    Reply

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