Dessert, Banana Recipes

Delicate amaranth crepes filled with bananas or whipped tofu, drizzled with a tangy lemon-honey sauce. Light, elegant breakfast or dessert.

Easy to make and tastes delicious. A great pie for a party.

Sliced bananas bake with citrus juices, brown sugar, and toasted coconut in this quick West African dessert that's incredible with vanilla ice cream.

Moist, fluffy and buttery banana chocolate cake satisfies everyone at the dinner or holiday table.

Moist banana cake with pecans topped with two luscious layers: sticky caramel glaze and maple cream cheese frosting. This show-stopping dessert is pure indulgence.

Moist, nutty and fluffy, vegetable oil and honey give the bread a tangy taste, also the whole wheat flour and walnuts add some nutty flavor.

Blue goo pie is a no-bake cream cheese and whipped topping pie with sliced bananas and blueberry pie filling. Makes 2 pies in 15 minutes with zero oven time. A crowd-pleasing potluck legend.

Master cheesecake filling formula with cream cheese, powdered sugar, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Learn the ratios for dense, fluffy, chocolate, fruit, or liqueur-spiked variations.

Fresh strawberries and banana get blended into a Bisquick batter swirled with melted milk chocolate for an ultra-moist cake that comes together in under an hour. No mixer needed.

Banana carrot cake combines mashed ripe bananas, shredded carrots, rolled oats, cinnamon, and cloves in a one-bowl snack cake. Moist, lunchbox-friendly twist on classic carrot cake.

Layered banana pineapple dessert: a no-bake 9x13 with graham crust, sliced bananas, vanilla pudding with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, and a fluffy whipped topping. Feeds a crowd of 15.

Sawdust salad layered jello dessert with lemon-orange gelatin, pineapple custard, and cream cheese whipped topping. Vintage church potluck dish that’s sweet, light, and ready in stages.

Fresh banana rhubarb pie with sliced bananas and rhubarb baked in a double crust with orange juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A sweet-tart tropical twist on classic rhubarb pie.

A moist, lightly spiced snack cake. I have made this using butter or shortening, and both work fine. The butter method is a bit richer in flavor, though.

Moosewood fudge brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar and five eggs for an ultra-rich, fudgy bar. A classic from the Moosewood cookbook with just six pantry ingredients and no cocoa powder shortcuts.

A lighter banana cake topped with cinnamon-sugar apple slices, made moist with mashed banana, yogurt, and honey instead of heaps of butter. The go-to recipe for using up your fall apple harvest.