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!
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 Introduction
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 around to using it before it perishes.
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!
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 will happily stay in a warm oven until you’re ready to serve it. My family love this pudding and polishes it off with gusto.
It’s great to see fruit which looked fit for the compost heap make such a delicious pud – 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
- Spelt Banana Bread
- Banana Cake
- Blueberry, Banana & White Chocolate Chip Muffins
- 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
I think you’ll also love my new Easy Pumpkin Pie Pudding which takes the method from my Banana Pudding recipe and cross-pollinates it with the flavours of Pumpkin Pie! Do check it out, it’s simply divine (hot or cold)!
Can you Make Banana Pudding in Advance?
It’s best baked just before you intend to eat it.
How should you store leftovers?
Any leftover Banana Pudding should be stored in an airtight container or popped into a bowl with a plate resting on top.
Can you reheat Banana Pudding?
Yes, it reheats well in the microwave, a couple of minutes should do the trick. If you don’t have a microwave then you could wrap the banana pudding in foil and reheat it in the oven or air fryer.
How many calories are there in a portion of Banana Pudding?
Below is an approximation of the calories and nutrients in this pudding! Per quarter there are 474 calories.
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
Ingredients
- 5 large ripe/overripe bananas about 900g – 1kg (2 lb) unpeeled weight
- 50 g butter melted (2 oz) (1/3 cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 115 g caster sugar (or granulated white sugar) (4 oz) (1/2 cup)
- 1 egg beaten
- 115 g plain white flour (4 oz) (7/8 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).
- Grease a 20cm (8") 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.
Bianca
Can I substitute light olive oil for butter in this recipe? Trying to cut down on butter and really want to make this.
Camilla
I haven’t tried using oil but I don’t see why that wouldn’t work as one uses oil to make muffins:-) Let me know how you get on!
Jackie Walton
He’ll I’ve not tried it “YET”.
But have lots of ripe bananas.
I don’t have vanilla extract,would it be spoilt without
Regards Jackie
Camilla
Hi Jackie, no it wouldn’t be spoiled just not as flavoursome!
Jenny
Hi Camilla, just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful recipe! I often have lots of bananas that are overripe, and have been looking for a recipe that uses more than a couple of bananas at a time like a normal banana cake does. This is great, I can use up loads of bananas and the pudding tastes amazing. We love it warm and squidgy straight from the oven, or cool and firmer in the children’s lunchboxes the next day. Thank you thank you thank you!
Jenny
Camilla
Aaw, thank you so much for your kind words Jenny, so glad you love the recipe:-)
Sue curtis
Looks good
Camilla
Thanks you, it really is:-)
Anne
Hi! I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind posting this recipe with U.S. conversions? Also, by indicating the use of ‘plain’ flour, do you mean Self Rising flour, or All Purpose flour, as we call it here in the United States? Thank you so much for posting this lovely recipe. I look forward to trying it!
Camilla
Hi Anne, Self Raising Flour is called the same in the UK so it will be All Purpose Flour but I’ve made it with both and it makes no difference so whichever you have is fine! There seems to be a good conversion site here but the amounts are exactly replicated in US conversion so I’ll let you take a look: https://www.errenskitchen.com/cooking-conversions/cups-to-grams-and-oz/
Charlotte Startup
Had a bunch of bananas going bad so googled how to use them up. Stumbled across this recipe and so glad I did! Made it exactly to recipe and it turned out fab. A new family favourite! Thank you ☺️
Camilla
Excellent Charlotte, so glad you like it!
Jacinta Howard
That could have been my message! I’ve just googled ‘5 over-ripe bananas, and this jewel of a recipe popped up. Really easy to make- thank you so much for sharing.
Camilla
So glad you like it, we have it whenever we have too many bananas:-)
Mrs.Pop
So I bought some bananas and the husband didn’t eat them in time…..Guess where they went tonight 😉
Lovely sweet dessert
Camilla
Excellent, it’s such a great dessert to use up those over-ripe bananas, glad you liked it:-)
olivia Kirby
This looks really good. I haven’t baked with bananas for ages as the kids tend to eat them all before they turn!
Camilla
Thank you! Worth buying extra for one day then:-)
Robert Price
I love bananas
Margaret Gallagher
Dont often have over ripe bananas but often see them reduced in shops – what a fab way to use them up
Camilla
They don’t have to be over-ripe, ripe is perfectly good too:-)