Banana Butterscotch Pudding sounds like an unusual thing to finish off a weekend of walking through tunnels, but it is winter here in New Zealand and it was just the thing to warm up.
Even if Iโm not getting on a plane, Iโm exploring often and this weekend was no exception. Some friends have had their cousin from America over and we decided to go for a walk through some old tunnels on a walk called the โwindow walk' from the days when the Karangahake gorge (a mouthful I know) was a gold mine. How was your weekend friends? Did you have any adventures?
It has one of the deepest pieces of history in New Zealand and there are still pieces of the old gold mine that surrounds the many walks you can do there.
We wandered through several dark tunnels with flashlights in hand and then next to the flowing river for a few hours, bypassing muddy patches, carefully jumping and stepping into shallow puddles and following the rustle of a river nearby.
Itโs been a while since Iโve made a pudding, this ones perfect if you have some bananaโs laying around and you want something a little different.
Why you'll love this
Banana bread but warm and with sauce
People love banana bread and this is a great way to serve something people love but with a butterscotch sauce to warm you up
Bakes while you eat
This dish can bake in the oven while you eat dinner and is perfect served warm
How to prepare Banana Butterscotch Pudding
- Combine the dry ingredients: Sift and stir the dry ingredients into a bowl and make a well in the center.
- Add in those wet ingredients: Add the wet ingredients and stir together to form a batter.
- Batter up: Pour the batter into your baking dish.
- Saucy: Place the sauce ingredients into a saucepan and cook until boiling and the sugar has dissolved.
- Pour it over baby: Pour the sauce over the back of a spoon nice and evenly over the whole pud.
- Bake: Bake until golden and the sauce has thickened.
- Serve: This is best served warm, spooned into bowls and topped with pouring cream or scoops of ice cream.
Tips for the best Banana Butterscotch Pudding
Frozen bananas used here: So this is a completely biased viewpoint, but the consistency of mashed bananas that have been frozen is smoother and works better in a pudding than fresh ones. If you have fresh on hand, absolutely use them here!
Pouring the sauce over your pudding: The best way to pour a hot sauce over your pudding is to slowly and carefully hold the back of a spoon 2 inches over the pudding and pour over the spoon. This ensures the sauce doesn't create any holes into the uncooked dough and evenly tops the pudding with the boiling water.
More banana desserts you'll enjoy
Thai Banana Fritters
Bananas Foster
Banoffee Pie
How to make:
Preheat the oven to 180ยฐC/350F and grease a baking dish with a little butter.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and add in the sugar and salt, stirring to combine. Make a well in the center.
Add the milk, butter, vanilla extract, egg and mashed bananaโs into the dry mixture.
Fold until well combined and a smooth batter has formed.
Pour the batter into your baking dish and set aside as you make the sauce.
To make the sauce, place the water, sugar and cream in a saucepan and heat on medium high.
Cook until it has reached a rolling boil, stirring to ensure the sugar has dissolved.
Carefully pour the sauce over the pudding on top of the back of a tablespoon (see note).
Place in the oven and bake for approximately 55 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Spoon into a serving bowl, top with some pouring cream or scoops of ice cream.
Dig in!
Banana Butterscotch Pudding
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6
- Category: Crumbles & Puddings
Description
Warm fudgy banana pudding with a butterscotch sauce is a great way to use up those ones you have hanging around and the weather is cooling down outside.
Ingredients
Banana Cake
320 grams / 2 cups plain flour
8 grams / 2 teaspoons baking powder
75 grams / ยพ cup superfine/caster sugar
ยผ teaspoon sea salt
100 grams / 3.5 ounces butter, melted
177 milliliters / ยพ cup milk
2 frozen bananaโs, mashed
1 egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butterscotch Sauce
200 grams / 1 cup light brown sugar
28 grams / 2 tablespoons pouring cream
350 milliliters / 1 ยฝ cups boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ยฐC/350F and grease a baking dish with a little butter.
- Sift the flour andbaking powder into a bowl and add in the sugar and salt, stirring to combine. Make a well in the center.
- Add the milk, butter, vanilla extract, egg and mashed bananaโs into the dry mixture.
- Fold until well combined and a smooth batter has formed.
- Pour the batter into your baking dish and set aside as you make the sauce.
- To make the sauce, place the water, sugar and cream in a saucepan and heat on medium high.
- Cook until it has reached a rolling boil, stirring to ensure the sugar has dissolved.
- Carefully pour the sauce over the pudding on top of the back of a tablespoon (see note).
- Place in the oven and bake for approximately 55 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Spoon into a serving bowl, top with some pouring cream or scoops of ice cream.
- Dig in!
Notes
Frozen bananas used here: So this is a completely biased viewpoint, but the consistency of mashed bananas that have been frozen is smoother and works better in a pudding than fresh ones. If you have fresh on hand, absolutely use them here!
Pouring the sauce over your pudding: The best way to pour a hot sauce over your pudding is to slowly and carefully hold the back of a spoon 2 inches over the pudding and pour over the spoon. This ensures the sauce doesn't create any holes into the uncooked dough and evenly tops the pudding with the boiling water.
Adapted from Bill Granger's Simply Bill Book
Nutrition
- Calories: 558 calories per serve
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