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Southern Banana Pudding Cake

This Southern Banana Pudding Cake is a moist layered dessert made with banana cake, creamy vanilla pudding, fresh bananas, whipped frosting, and vanilla wafers. It’s the ultimate Southern comfort dessert for holidays, potlucks, and family gatherings.
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Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Cake
  • yellow cake mix
  • eggs
  • oil
  • milk
  • mashed bananas
  • Filling
  • instant vanilla pudding
  • cold milk
  • sliced bananas
  • Frosting
  • whipped topping
  • cream cheese
  • powdered sugar
  • Topping
  • vanilla wafers
  • crushed cookies
  • banana slices

Equipment

  • Recipe Details
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Chill Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 55 minutes
  • Servings: 12
  • Course: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Southern

Method
 

  1. Bake cake layers.
  2. Prepare pudding filling.
  3. Make frosting.
  4. Layer cake with pudding, bananas, and wafers.
  5. Frost cake completely.
  6. Chill before serving.

Notes

Best chilled overnight
Use ripe bananas
Add fresh banana slices before serving
Store refrigerated
Storage
Refrigerator: 4 days
Freezer: up to 2 months for cake layers
Nutrition (Approximate)
Calories: 540
Carbohydrates: 58g
Fat: 29g
Protein: 6g