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Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding

Leah Short — Fri, 01 May 2015 14:28:12 +0000

Making this Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding is probably the most excited I’ve been so far about an office birthday. I was really hoping someone would pick this dessert from The List and it finally happened! I visited New York City back in January and my friend told me stopping at Magnolia Bakery and trying their banana pudding was a must. She wasn’t wrong. I’ve had many dreams about that dessert ever since. This pudding is really easy to make, but it does take some planning ahead because the pudding needs to set before you can finish the recipe. Well worth the extra effort! I can’t believe they made this recipe public. I’d have taken it to my grave!

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Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Leah Short — Mon, 27 May 2013 17:49:11 +0000

Remember the Nilla Wafer dessert from last week and how I mentioned it came to be because of a dessert that didn’t? Well, this Banana Pudding Poke Cake is the dessert that I was writing about. For the holiday weekend (Happy Memorial Day!), I wanted to make a dessert to bring to my mom and her coworkers. Perfect excuse for me to make this cake. I love poke cakes. I’ve made strawberry and key lime, so now it was time to try banana pudding.

So, how’s it taste?

You know just the other day I was tweeting about how much I hate fake banana flavoring. I think it’s disgusting. Banana popsicles? Gross. Banana taffy. No thank you. (insert noise of a record scratching) Why in the world would I make a cake using that fake banana flavored pudding? I wanted to keep it true to the recipe, but I kid you not I had an internal battle that I should’ve used vanilla pudding right up until I poured it over the cake. After tasting the banana pudding on its own, I was certain I’d hate this cake and wish I had used vanilla and freshly sliced bananas instead.

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Nilla Wafer Yogurt Freeze

Leah Short — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:58 +0000

Here’s a recipe that happened because another one didn’t. I’m starting to get pretty good at not letting food go to waste when my plans don’t work out. Which is a good thing, since wasting food is a huge pet peeve of mine. I bought a box of Nilla Wafers not too long ago because I’ve been dying to make a cake that’s a twist on a classic dessert (no spoilers here since I still want to make it). I planned on making this cake for a coworker’s birthday, but then luck would have it, I found out she didn’t like one of the main ingredients, so I switched to plan B. That left me with a box of Nilla Wafers. If I opened them, mindless snacking would surely ensue. I’m not going to pretend that still didn’t happen. Right there on the side of the box was a recipe for Nilla Wafer Yogurt Freeze. Three ingredients and no harder than waiting for them to freeze. Sold!

So how’s it taste?

So good! I just whipped them together and thought, “Ok these will be decent for a low calorie snack.” Really had no expectations. Oh yum! I made two flavors, one key lime and one strawberry. Both were really good and so refreshing, but the strawberry had me going “OMG these are incredible!” I think it’s because the strawberry yogurt I used had chunks of real strawberry. These treats would be great with any fruity flavor of yogurt. I think they’d be super tasty with some frozen fruit sprinkled in there, too. You can really have fun with this dessert!

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