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Banana Pudding – a great way to use up 5 overripe bananas!

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Banana Pudding - a great way to use up overripe bananas and a long time family favourite! Fab Food 4 All #banana #pudding #dessert #thrifty #foodwaste #frugal #vegetarian

Banana Pudding is the perfect recipe for using up 5 overripe bananas. So easy to make and pure comfort food, no wonder it’s so popular. Just serve with ice cream!

Banana Pudding - a great way to use up overripe bananas and a long time family favourite! Fab Food 4 All #banana #pudding #dessert #thrifty #foodwaste #frugal #vegetarian

NB: I first published this recipe for Banana Pudding (one of our favourites) in January 2014 so it was in serious need of a photographic update as my photography has vastly improved since then and my equipment has too.

I’ve come to realise we have a slight banana addiction judging by the number of banana recipes I’ve posted! So anyway back to the original post:

Banana Pudding - a great way to use up overripe bananas and a long time family favourite! Fab Food 4 All #banana #pudding #dessert #thrifty #foodwaste #frugal #vegetarian

After the excesses of Christmas we all need to tighten our belts and save money where we can. Reducing our food waste is a good place to start. As a nation we all throw away far too much food as we just don’t get round to using it before it perishes.

Slice of Banana Pudding served in a bowl with ice cream

If you’re anything like me, sometimes your fruit bowl just gets just a bit out of control and before you know it a whole hand of bananas has suddenly gone from ripe to overripe.

Yes you can make banana cake but this usually only uses up a couple of bananas and yes you can freeze bananas but mine tend to never see the light of day once they’ve ventured into the freezer!

Banana Pudding - a great way to use up overripe bananas and a long time family favourite! Fab Food 4 All #banana #pudding #dessert #thrifty #foodwaste #frugal #vegetarian

So Banana Pudding has become my go to recipe when it comes to salvaging lots of overripe bananas.

It won’t win any beauty contests but it’s gooey in the middle, crispy around the edge and is delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – true comfort food.

Even better Banana Pudding is quick and simple to make and can will happily stay in a warm oven until you’re ready to serve it. My family love this pudding and polish it with gusto.

It’s great to see fruit which looked fit for the compost heap make such a delicious pud – definitely a win win situation for your purse and your tummy!

More Banana Recipes

I do hope you try my Banana Pudding but for more banana pudding and dessert inspiration you might like the following:

  • Banoreo Cheesecake
  • 3 Ingredient Banana Nutella Pancakes
  • Hazlenut Chocolate Banana Delight with Meringue
  • Banana & Chocolate Quesadilla
  • Sin Free Chocolate Mousse
  • Upside-down White Chocolate Banoffee Shortcake
  • Banana & Raspberry Ice Cream
  • Baked Rum Bananas
  • Vegan & Gluten Free Banoffee Pie

How many calories are there in a portion of Banana Pudding?

This is an approximation of the calories and nutrients in this pudding!

I’m sure you’ll love my Banana Pudding so please leave a comment and rating below. Plus you can share your pudding with me by tagging @FabFood4All on social media as I love seeing your photos!

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Banana Pudding - a great way to use up overripe bananas and a long time family favourite! Fab Food 4 All #banana #pudding #dessert #thrifty #foodwaste #frugal #vegetarian

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Banana Pudding

A fab comforting Banana Pudding which makes use of an excess of ripe bananas!
Course Dessert, Pudding
Cuisine British
Keyword banana, easy, quick
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 174kcal
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 5 large ripe/overripe bananas about 900g – 1kg unpeeled weight
  • 50 g butter melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 115 g caster sugar*
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 115 g plain flour

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
  • Grease a 20cm round dish.
  • Mash the bananas into a pulp.
  • Mix in the melted butter, vanilla extract, sugar, beaten egg and sifted flour.
  • Pour into the dish and bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
  • Serve with cream or vanilla ice cream.

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Notes

*With regard to the amount of sugar in this recipe, many readers and indeed myself, have found that you can cut down on the amount as very ripe bananas have a higher sugar content than just ripe bananas. As this is such a popular recipe I'm not going to adapt the amount as this would be confusing for returning visitors. But I would say you could reduce the amount to nearly half if you wish.

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  1. Anna

    28/08/2021 at 5:31 pm

    Great recipe! I used some cinnamon instead of vanilla and it’s pretty good. Thanks for sharing! I used 3/4 of the recommended sugar, but I think I could’ve use still less (à bit on the sweet side especially since I was having it with ice cream).

    Reply
    • Camilla

      28/08/2021 at 11:33 pm

      Hi Anna, great to hear about your addition of cinnamon. I should really adapt the amount of sugar but then I’m also aware that people will probably be reducing the amount when they come back so if I change the amount it could get tricky. It does depend on how ripe your bananas are. If they’re barely ripe the pudding isn’t as sweet but if the bananas are really ripe then they are a lot sweeter. Maybe I’ll add something in the notes about the amount of sugar.

      Reply
  2. Frida

    26/07/2021 at 6:44 pm

    Sorry I meant Camilla, not Jessica in my previous post…

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/07/2021 at 7:25 pm

      No worries:-)

      Reply
  3. Frida

    26/07/2021 at 6:17 pm

    Hi Jessica, could I use self raising flour instead ? I don’t have any plain flour

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/07/2021 at 7:25 pm

      Hi Frida, yes self raising is fine, I’ve used it before and it makes no difference:-)

      Reply
  4. Ethel

    16/07/2021 at 12:05 pm

    A great recipe to do with the kids!! The smell of this cooking has the whole family in the kitchen. My only question was in preheating the oven. Is it 180 degrees fan or just normal oven? I’ve gone for 180 fan but I’m watching it carefully so it’s not too dark.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/07/2021 at 5:16 pm

      Hi, all my temperatures are for a normal oven, glad you like the recipe. I’m making this myself tonight as have a bunch of over-ripe bananas:-)

      Reply
  5. Sam day

    04/07/2021 at 12:49 pm

    Do u need to use vanilla essence?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      04/07/2021 at 5:37 pm

      No, you can leave it out if you don’t have any.

      Reply
  6. Barbara

    19/06/2021 at 8:15 pm

    I added some walnuts for a little crunch it was delicious

    Reply
    • Camilla

      19/06/2021 at 9:41 pm

      Excellent, walnuts marry so well with banana. We put them in my Banana, Honey & Walnut Shake:-)

      Reply
  7. Rachel Johnson

    28/04/2021 at 5:10 pm

    I only had 4 bananas so I did slightly less sugar (I did a quarter of a cup plus an eighth of a cup) I didn’t want the reduced moisture from the bananas to mess it up so I thought dialing down the sugar might help. It was perfect! We had it with a big heap of vanilla ice cream on top 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      28/04/2021 at 9:26 pm

      Awesome Rachel, so glad you like this pudding, we’ve had it more times than I can remember:-)

      Reply
  8. Roni Patel

    21/04/2021 at 7:22 pm

    Lovely way to use up bananas but I found it way too sweet. I will definitely make it again but without sugar. Ripe bananas are sweet enough.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      21/04/2021 at 10:43 pm

      As Nigel Slater says, a recipe is just a starting place:-)

      Reply
  9. Camilla

    02/04/2021 at 5:29 pm

    Hi Dawn, thank you for your feedback and taking the time out of your day to do so. Wishing you a very Happy Easter:-)

    Reply
  10. Jessica Burton

    22/03/2021 at 8:08 pm

    Is there a substitute for butter? Can I use vegan butter or coconut oil?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      22/03/2021 at 8:53 pm

      Hi Jessica, yes you could use a plant based spread instead of butter. I haven’t tried it with coconut oil so not sure if the flavour would enhance the pudding of be too intrusive?

      Reply
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