Mini Banana Pudding Tres Leches

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Mash up bananas with a little bit of lemon juice.
  2. 2Set aside the mashed bananas.
  3. 3Combine sugars, eggs, and oil in a bowl.
  4. 4Incorporate vanilla and mashed bananas into the wet ingredients mixture.
  5. 5Once evenly incorporated, set that bowl aside.
  6. 6Combine all dry ingredients together.
  7. 7Add half of the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.
  8. 8Add half of the milk into the mixture.
  9. 9Repeat the process of adding dry ingredients and milk until the batter is nice and smooth.
  10. 10Incorporate some water to thin out the batter slightly.
  11. 11Take mini 5-ounce cake pans and fill them up just under halfway with the batter.
  12. 12Bake cakes at 350°F for 17 minutes; adjust time based on your oven.
  13. 13While cakes are cooling, combine sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, whole milk, vanilla, and banana emulsion for the milk mixture.
  14. 14Once cakes are cooled down, poke holes in them.
  15. 15Soak the cooled cakes with the milk mixture.
  16. 16Put lids on cakes and pop them in the fridge for about an hour to soak.
  17. 17Make the whipped cream topping by combining cold heavy cream, banana emulsion, yellow food coloring (optional), and powdered sugar.
  18. 18Once the cakes have soaked for an hour, top them with the banana whipped cream.
  19. 19Finish them off with crushed Nilla wafers, a full Nilla wafer, and a slice of banana.

Ingredients

  • 2 large bananas, mashed
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 cup milk
  • 0.5 cup water
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 0.5 tbsp vanilla
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 tbsp baking soda
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 1 box banana cream pudding mix
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 0.5 tsp banana emulsion
  • 3 cups cold heavy cream
  • yellow food coloring
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • crushed Nilla wafers
  • full Nilla wafer
  • banana slice

Equipment

bowlforkwhiskmini 5-ounce cake panspiping bagmixer

Tips

  • If you want to top the cake with a fresh banana slice, toss the slices in lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown.
  • It is recommended to bake one cake first and time it to adjust baking duration based on your oven.
  • Taste and adjust powdered sugar amount in whipped cream as you like.
  • Remove a bit of the cake off the top if it fills too much of the mini pan, it's not the end of the world if you have to do that after baking the cakes to remove a bit of cake to make space for the milk mixture that soaks into the cake.