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Easy Southern Banana Pudding Cake

This is a delicious twist on a classic Southern dessert.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 1625 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the Cake:
  • 1 box of vanilla cake mix use the dry mix only and replace the back of the box of cake mix ingredients with:
  • 1 cup (128g) flour
  • ½ cup (104g) sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup (236ml) water
  • ¾ cup (177ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 cup (240g) sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 5.1 ounces (1 box) banana instant pudding
For the Filling:
  • 1 cup (120g) cool whip whipped topping
  • 1 ¼ cup (350ml) milk
  • 5.1 ounces (1 box) vanilla instant pudding
  • 3 bananas sliced
For the Milk Brush:
  • 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tablespoons milk
For the Frosting:
  • 6 large egg whites
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 6 cups (750g) powdered sugar
  • 2 cups (453.6g) butter at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla beans (I used the caviar from vanilla beans, as it adds pretty speckles in the frosting)
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • Pinch of salt
Other ingredients:
  • vanilla wafers, crushed for garnish

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 325 F / 162 C. Prepare three 8-inch round cake pans by cutting out parchment paper to line the inside of each pan and greasing the sides. Set aside.
  2. Mix cake ingredients together until combined. Divide mix equally into the 3 pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.
  3. While cake is baking, whisk the filling ingredients together and then refrigerate until needed.
  4. Next, make the frosting by adding butter and sugar one cup at a time to a mixing bowl and cream together. Then add egg whites, whipping cream, vanilla beans (if using) or vanilla extract, salt, and lemon juice. Continue beating until fluffy and then set aside.
  5. When the cakes are done, place them on a cooling rack for 10 minutes then turn over and let them continue to cool face down. When cool remove the parchment paper.
  6. Place vanilla wafers in a zip lock bag and crush with a rolling pin, then set aside to use as garnish when frosting the cake.
  7. Place one cake on a cake plate and begin to create the filling layers as follows:step 1: use a pastry brush to coat the top of the cake with a thin layer of milk brush mixture.step 2: add a layer of vanilla wafer cookies.step 3: spoon on and smooth out a layer of pudding filling.step 4: add one layer of banana slices. Place the second cake on top and then repeat the four layering steps. Then top with the third cake round, leaving it dry and ready to frost.
  8. Frost the entire cake evenly and then pat with crushed vanilla wafers along the bottom 3” of cake and the top of the cake. Create dollops of frosting along the top edge using a piping bag.

Notes

  • Southern Grapes Salad. Shrimp Creole. Southern Squash Casserole. Candied Sweet Potatoes. Southern Salmon Croquettes. Pea Salad. Easy Southern Butter Beans. Southern Fried Pork Chops.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
  • Flat layers of cake will work best. If your cake layers have domes, use a serrated knife or a cake level to level them. 
  • A pastry bag will help create beautiful dollops of frosting. Cut the corner off of a plastic storage bag if you do not have a pastry bag.
  • Crush several Nilla Wafers and use them to garnish the finished cake.
  • Southern Grapes Salad.
  • Shrimp Creole.
  • Southern Squash Casserole.
  • Candied Sweet Potatoes.
  • Southern Salmon Croquettes.
  • Pea Salad.
  • Easy Southern Butter Beans.
  • Southern Fried Pork Chops.
  • Southern Grapes Salad.
  • Shrimp Creole.
  • Southern Squash Casserole.
  • Candied Sweet Potatoes.
  • Southern Salmon Croquettes.
  • Pea Salad.
  • Easy Southern Butter Beans.
  • Southern Fried Pork Chops.

Nutrition Information

Serving 8g Calories 1625kcal (81%) Carbohydrates 219g (73%) Protein 13g (26%) Fat 81g (125%) Saturated Fat 53g (265%) Cholesterol 231mg (77%) Sodium 1513mg (63%) Potassium 420mg (12%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 169g (338%) Vitamin A 1891IU (38%) Vitamin C 5mg (6%) Calcium 279mg (28%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1625

% Daily Value*

Serving 8g
Calories 1625kcal 81%
Carbohydrates 219g 73%
Protein 13g 26%
Fat 81g 125%
Saturated Fat 53g 265%
Cholesterol 231mg 77%
Sodium 1513mg 63%
Potassium 420mg 9%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 169g 338%
Vitamin A 1891IU 38%
Vitamin C 5mg 6%
Calcium 279mg 28%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.