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Media Press Recipe: Banoffee Pie
Surprise, something new is on Craft Passion!!!! This time, it is not a craft pattern neither nor tutorial… it is a real dessert that I made on the Father’s Day. This is the first ever recipe in Craft Passion and the first ever banoffee pie I’ve attempted. If you like to see more recipe in Craft Passion, please give me shout yay!!! Get the non-bake banoffee pie after this jump.
Banoffee pie is the first authentic English dessert I have ever tasted, I love it!!! I confessed that I have a serious sweet tooth, I gawk to the dessert aisle before deciding if I am going to dine in for the buffet cuisine. Unfortunately, since the last bite 17 years ago, when I was studying in England for my Master Degree in University of Warwick, I haven’t got a chance to eat banoffee pie anymore… I really miss it!!! I can’t find any place in my country that sells authentic banoffee pie, not even in the popular English tea house, so I have to make one myself.
After research through the net to recall the way my hall-mate made it, I was confident to try my luck for the first time. Hey, it is so easy and simple, I have made a success in my first attempt, not bad!!! And, this banoffee pie is for my husband’s father’s day celebration, he doesn’t like sweet thing… BUT, he likes this banoffee pie I made which I have adjusted the sweetness!!!
Make a pot of Earl Grey Tea and have a piece of banoffee pie on a lazy afternoon….. a perfect English tea!!!!
Recipe: Banoffee Pie (Banana Toffee Pie)
Serves: 8
Prepare time: 30 minutes to 1 hour for the pie, 2-3 hours for the toffee.
INGREDIENTS:
Pie Base
Digestive biscuit (use McVities if possible) – 300 gram / 10.5 oz
Butter (melt)- 200 gram / 7 oz
Fillings & Toppings
Banana ~ 3-4 medium size
Sweetened Condense Milk – 1 can (~500g, can make 2 portion)
Whip Cream
Dark Chocolate
Cinnamon Powder / Coco Powder
Utensils & Tools:
9.5″ Tart Pan with removable bottom
Silicon Scraper
Big Pot
Rolling Pin
Zipper bag (Large)
Bowls
Kitchen Weighing Scale
METHOD:
- Place the unopened condense milk in a big pot, fill with water to cover the whole can. Boil for 2 -3 hours. Make sure the condense milk is fully immersed into the water all the time. Wait till it is cool before opening the can. While waiting for boiling and cool down, prepare the biscuit crumb pie base.
- Put digestive biscuits into a large zipper bag, release extra air & close the zip. Crush the biscuits with the rolling pin till fine.[1]
- Pour crushed biscuits and melted butter into a big bowl, mix well with a fork.[2]
- Spread the mixture on the tart pan, press on the base and side of the pan. Put into fridge to chill while waiting for the toffee to ready.
- Open the condense milk when it is ready and cool to touch. The toffee is thick and in brown color.[3]
- Slice the bananas.
- Spread the toffee and bananas on the biscuits crumb pie base.[4]
- Put back into the fridge until it is ready to be served. Spread the whip cream on top, sprinkle some chocolate gratings, dust over some cinnamon powder or coco powder. Served chilled.
Serving Suggestion:
Eat the filling with the biscuits crumb base together. The filling is sweet and the biscuit base is a little salty, feel the tranquility when they melt and mix in your mouth.Notes:
- You can prepare the toffee 1 day before hand to shorten the preparation time, so that you don’t have to wait for it to boil and cool down while making the pie.
- Since my husband doesn’t like sweet dessert, I adjusted the recipe to reduce the toffee and increase the biscuit crumbs. If you like it sweet, add more toffee to your banoffee pie.
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Did you know you can now get Carnation Caramel in the UK – all that toffee yummyness already in the tin without boiling for hours? They do it in a squeezy bottle too – It makes banoffee pie FAR to easy to make
Will the caramel too runny for the pie?
It’s a bit runnier but works fine! – Much better than running the risk of boiling a can dry!!
You are right that boiling for 2 -3 hours has the potential to dry up the pot. Use a big pot and cover it with a pot lid so that you can put more water that can last 2-3 hours of boiling
I still feel that caramel will taste a little different as their ingredient are different, toffee has more milk taste than caramel.
Hi,
It looks absolutely scrumptious!
Just wondering if the digestive biscuits in the recipe are what we call “graham crackers” in the US. They look very similar.
Also, has anyone ever tried the caramel topping? I would think the thicker caramel toppings in a jar may be a suitable consistency. One brand I know of in the US is Smucker’s toppings.
Thanks!
Donna, I don’t think the caramel would taste the same as the boiled sweetened condensed milk. Not that it would taste bad, just different.
Donna, I am not sure if their taste are similar but some recipes do use it to make pie crust. Try it out
Do you know what, i dont think ive ever ACTUALLY had banoffee pie…i feel like my childhood is incomplete! I will bookmark this recipe and hopefully give it a spin sometime soon, it looks delicious
As a side note, im currently at Birmingham University with friends at Warwick uni and when i went to visit them it seemed really lovely!
Oh Birmingham…. the place I got my Asian groceries while there, a fortnightly trip to stock up my cooking ingredients.
I was staying in Arthur Vick 3 hostel room 051 and I really miss that room. Bet your Warwick Uni friends can bring you there to have a look. It is one of the most luxurious hostels in those days (ahem…. 16 years ago)…
I did not know it was british! woohoo! one of my favourite desserts, so moreish, i just can’t stop eating it. I normally turn the condensed milk to caramel but adding butter and sugar(as if it’s not unhealthy enough!). Your photo is amazing, really captures its density.
Thanks, Jess!!! Please try this recipe, equivalent tasty as well
Nestle’ make it in a can in Australia too and no, not runny at all, they also make a chocolate one too, bit sickly tho, but this sounds very yummy and thank you for sharing, I love you blog and Tutorials. Thank you.
Thank you, Cindy. I will search the shelves in the grocery store here and see if I can find Nestle toffee, it would be very convenient without having to boil and wait for 2 3 hours. Thanks for the info and thanks for stopping by
My Mother used to boil cans of sweetened condensed milk all the time when I was growing up. We used to just eat it that way with nuts sprinkled on it. It is so rich that you can only eat a little. I grew up in Illinois, USA and was so excited to see this recipe. I bet it tastes so good with the bananas. We have to try it
very soon.
Wow, what a “sweet” memories of your childhood
I used to lick peanut butter out from a spoon as a dessert…. salty buttery peanut cream memories are just unforgettable ha ha ha
I was just watching a cooking show the other day and she was making banofee pie. Her recipe and yours both look delicious. Now I just need a reason to make it so the whole pie is not sitting at my house with me and a spoon.
It is such a coincident
If you haven’t found a decent reason to make the pie, perhaps you can make smaller portion by reducing it to half the size, I bet you can consume it within a day. Enjoy!!!
I am imagining the taste of caramel to go with this pie and Marianne is right, caramel will make the banoffee pie taste a little different, still good but different from toffee. I would say that Toffee has more milk taste than caramel since it is made from condense milk.
If any of you tried both ingredients and had a comparison, please feel free to share it here.
I just had my first taste of Banoffee Pie on Memorial Day. My son and daughter-in-law had become friends from Belfast, Ireland and them came to their first ever Memorial Day picnic and brought Banoffee Pie. So delish!!! Glad to have the recipe and will have to give it a try soon. Thanks for sharing.
You are most welcome, Heidi. Glad that you have friends from the Ireland that introduced Banoffee pie to you. I haven’t been to Ireland and now I regret for not visiting this “adventurous” island while I was in England…. friends studying in Belfast said that they heard gun shots like nobody business
Looks good.
Thanks RM, I was inspired by you to start up a cooking section for my blog
It is good to make something delicious for the family!
This is so mouth watering
I can already see a new delicious section on your website filled with yummy recipes.
I really love to know some 5-10 min healthy dishes which you can carry to work and enjoy
Thanks, Gargi. I will look into this suggestion and see if I can work out any meal which is fast, easy & healthy.
A quick one to you, not from my recipe but my best friend’s, who is a professional recipe developer. She writes for InSing.com and her own food site, rasamalaysia.com. I found this article & recipe in InSing.com that might suits your need, though some need to prepare before hand but you can heat it up before serving during your lunch.
I will try to see if I can have some recipe of myself soon for quick and easy meal.
Your cake looks gorgeous!! I think it’s not only melt in mouth but also melt in the heart of your hubby. Looking forward to seeing more food posts here!
Thanks…. food-4tots
This dessert pie did melt my hubby’s heart and now he is looking forward to taste more on my cooking.
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That’s low-calorie, right? Actually, it looks laden with calories, but well worth it! I can’t wait to try it and will let you know how it turns out!
I’ve heard that you can bake the Sweetened Condensed milk to get it to caramelize, too. Do you think that would work?
I don’t think that it is low-calorie…..
I have heard of baking the condensed milk too but I don’t have an oven to try on…
Hello I wanted to thank you for this recipe , my mom loves it , I m only a 15 year old girl and I m really Happy that I found your website thanks to you I m able to learn many things . so thank you very much you are just awesome !
Oh, that’s so great to know, your mum is the luckiest mother on earth. I hope my daughter will do this to me when she is old enough to handle
I hope so too . The things you cook or craft are easy to do but awesome . Your recipes help me a lot especilly when my mom isn t home for long periods . Thank you very much again :3