Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe
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I combined two New Orleans classic desserts into this Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe. It’s rich, buttery, and moist with a distinct flavor that will keep you going back for bite after bite!
Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe
This Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe that I developed always reminds me of 1. New Orleans and 2. my husband. We used to go to New Orleans once a year before we had children. New Orleans is what I consider to be the original ‘foodie town’. There is just such unique and inspiring foods and my inspiration for this Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe. From gourmet to rustic, you can find food for any palette… and then some. We always have to visit our favorites, then try at least one new restaurant and one new food every visit.
The NOLA culinary adventure never disappoints.
I actually have several recipes on callmepmc.com that are inspired by the New Orleans cuisine. There’s Barbeque Shrimp, Creamy Barbeque Shrimp, Muffuletta and King Cake to name a few. (There’s more!)
This time of year always reminds me of our visits to New Orleans and I always want to cook creole or Cajun recipes. I previously made Peanut Butter Bread Bananas Foster. (Get all my bread pudding recipes here.)
Bread pudding
Big Daddy had his Bananas Foster Bread Pudding serving for breakfast and gave it two thumbs up! Really if he doesn’t have anything ‘constructive’ to say about a recipe I make, you know it’s a winner. He didn’t offer any ‘improvements’ and even said, ‘You hit that flavor spot on. It tastes just like Bananas Foster!’
I agree.
What’s in banana bread pudding?
To make my banana foster dessert, you’ll need
- Bread
- Whole milk
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Butter extract
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Bananas
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Rum
- Pecans
Even though I used rum in this recipe, if you’re not a fan, you can easily omit it or substitute it. Pop over and read Alcohol Substitutes in Cooking.
This bread pudding is dense and moist. The
Equipment you’ll need for this recipe
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
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Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipe
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 10 cups dry bread cubed (approximately 1 pound loaf of French
- 2 cups whole milk*
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 5 medium bananas cut into 1-inch slices**
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter – no substitutions
- 4 tablespoons rum
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans chopped (optional ingredient)
Instructions
- Cube bread, place on a sheet tray and bake on 200 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Wrap heavy aluminum foil around the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Spray inside of the pan with non-stick vegetable spray. Heat oven to 375 degrees and melt butter in oven in the springform pan. Remove from oven and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter.
- Slice bananas and soak in rum 3 to 4 minutes. Place banana slices in a pan over butter and brown sugar starting in the center of the pan. Cut bananas to fit any gaps. Pour the rum that you soaked bananas in over the bananas in the springform pan.
- Place the springform pan on a larger sheet pan that has an edge in case of spills.
- In a large bowl, combine milk, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, vanilla extract, butter extract, salt and cinnamon. Whisk until frothy. Add bread to milk mixure and allow to sit for 10 minutes.
- Stir in nuts.
- Carefully, spoon breading mixture over banana slices. Press firmly down.
- Bake in a 375-degree oven for 60 minutes. Center will be set and bread golden brown.
- Allow cake to cool 20 to 30 minutes in pan before inverting on a serving platter.
- ✔1% or 2% milk may be substituted but it will not be as creamy and rich
- ✔You can cut the bananas lengthwise if desired. It will take fewer bananas if you cut them this way.
Anybody try this in a dutchoven?
do you have any advice on making any of the bread pudding recipes in a crockpot?
any option in place of rum
Bourbon!
Can this be made a day in advance? Or can I just make it then reheat it when it comes close to dessert time? Also interested in an optional springform pan?
Yes, you can make it beforehand. I would probably heat each serving in the microwave, but I’m impatient. It would probably be better reheated in the oven though. I always make desserts early because guests make me nervous 🙂
I used a springform pan because it seemed easier to remove and my springform pan is deeper than any other cake pan I have. Any cake pan would work, but you may need to adjust the cook time if your batter isn’t as thick. Also, just run a knife around the edge and be very careful inverting it from the pan. Of course, if it doesn’t come out perfect just cover that part with ice cream or more caramel sauce and noone will know.
I really like the idea of adding bananas to bread pudding, but I also like your pecan pie bread pudding too. Do you think the recipes could be combined somehow?
Recipe sounds great! Just wondering if I can use a different pan as I don’t have a springform
When you say to wrap foil around the bottom of the pan, do you mean to wrap the outside of the pan? Or to line the inside bottom of the pan?
You have put together my two favorite food items; bananas and bread pudding.
The photos are so beautiful. I am excited to try this recipe and I would like to put it on my recipe page on my blog. Is that okay?
Sincerely,
Cathy the Bagg Lady
This bread putting look super delicious! I will definitely try your recipe. Pinning 🙂
Thank you so much, Elena. Bread Pudding is def one of my favorites… to make and to eat 🙂 Have a great day!
I’m totally making this for Mardi Gras. Pinning!!
Hope you have fun and love the bread pudding!
This bread pudding looks gorgeous, Paula! I love banana fosters anything and combining it with bread pudding sounds fantastic!
This is as beautiful as it is yummy looking! I’ve never made this, but am excited to try this recipe! Thank you!
Thanks so much Kristine!
What is butter extract?
It’s like vanilla extract (flavoring) but it’s butter flavored.
I have not been able to locate butter extract, please help
Hey, Sherry, substitute vanilla flavoring or vanilla extract for the butter extract. It’s such a small quantity, you won’t even know the different. Let me know how it turns out.
You can find butter extract on Amazon.
You can find it in walmarts cooking isle
Absolutely beautiful, Paula! I love bread pudding, and the addition of bananas and it does seem so festive for Mardi Gras!
Thanks so much, Blair!
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