Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Banana Cream Trifle....


Amy of Sing for Your Supper chose this week's recipe: Banana Cream Pie. I have been under the weather for the last week, so my lovely sister (who is visiting from Oregon) helped me prepare this recipe for our family.
I had previously read that some people found the custard too thick, and I agree. To remedy this, we folded in extra whipped cream after the custard had cooled completely. (Yum!) We also decided to mix things up a bit by changing it from a pie to a trifle--alternating layers of fluffy custard with chunks of Trader Joe's Vanilla Bean cake, sliced bananas, and more whipped cream. A certain family member (I am not mentioning names) even added some Brandy to give it an extra kick!
Thanks, Amy, for the wonderful choice! I would like to try this again with a graham cracker crust. Now what do I do with the 6 egg whites in the fridge...

13 comments:

chocolatechic said...

Your parfait looks wonderful.

Amy of Sing For Your Supper said...

Mmm, parfait is a great idea! It looks delicious! Thanks for baking with me this week!

-Amy
www.singforyoursupperblog.com

Teanna DiMicco said...

A trifle with TJs vanilla cream cake?! Can I come over?

Heather said...

Trifle is a wonderful idea for this custard!!

Pamela said...

The trifle looks great. I think the graham cracker crust is a great idea, too.

TeaLady said...

Parfait. Perfect.

Michelle said...

I love trifle and creating a trifle from Dorie's recipe is wonderful and it looks great.

Hope you're feeling better.

Anonymous said...

Sounds super!

Put your egg whites in a baggie and freeze them!

Unknown said...

Oooh I wish I'd thought to fold some whipped cream into the pastry cream. That sounds amazing and just right to thin it out a bit.

Jeni said...

Vanilla bean cake?....I love vanilla bean anything! So you got the bug from the kids huh? Yikes. Hope you still got a good visit with your sister and a few runs in there too!

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Annette said...

It looks delicious! Great idea to fold in some whipped cream to the custard. Mine came out very thick, but the pie still tasted good.

danie11ey said...

this looks amazing! and I want to make it!! it's just that I can't find the recipe, can somone help please? :)

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