Cake
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. To make a "Banoffi" pie, we will need boiled condensed milk. To save time, I recommend buying canned dulce de leche (dulce de leche) at the store. Then we bake the cake layers, prepare the so-called icing, and assemble the pie. The Banoffi pie does not need to be soaked; it can be served immediately. The dessert is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. You can use a jar of ready-made condensed milk, also known as caramelized condensed milk or dulce de leche. If you don't have it, take regular sweetened condensed milk (two cans), pour it into a ceramic or glass baking dish. Cover the dish with foil, place it into a larger dish filled with water, and put it in a preheated oven at 165°C for 2–3 hours. The result should be a caramel color.
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Step 2
2. Prepare the dough. To do this, in a bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat 170 g of softened butter with 1 1/3 cups of sugar.
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Step 3
3. Gradually add 4 eggs, half a cup of cooled boiled condensed milk, vanilla sugar, and sunflower oil to the batter, continuing to whisk. Then, reduce the speed and add the flour mixture and buttermilk (non-fat sour cream). The batter is intended for baking in two medium round pans. Grease the pans with oil or line them with parchment paper, then pour the batter evenly into the pans.
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Step 4
4. Bake the dough in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Check for doneness with a wooden toothpick. When the bases are ready, the toothpick should come out dry. Let the bases cool in the molds (about 10 minutes).
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Step 5
5. Remove the bases from the mold and cool on a rack. Then cut each base in half lengthwise.
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Step 6
6. Prepare the icing. Beat 5 egg whites, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of sugar, and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Then place the bowl over a water bath. Stir until the sugar granules dissolve. Then immediately remove from the heat.
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Step 7
7. Add 440 g of butter to the icing and mix until dissolved. Then add another half cup of sweetened condensed milk. The mixture should become smooth and uniform.
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Step 8
8. Start assembling the cake. First, peel and slice the bananas into rounds. Place one part of the base onto a plate. Spread 2/3 cup of icing over it, sprinkle with 1/4 cup of crushed crackers, then arrange a layer of banana slices on top.
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Step 9
9. Repeat the procedure with two more layers.
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Step 10
10. Cover the resulting delight with the fourth layer and spread icing all over the cake.
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Step 11
11. Sprinkle the top with crushed crackers. If desired, you can drizzle chocolate and/or caramel syrup (melted chocolate) in zigzag patterns over the cracker crumbs. Whip the cream with a pinch of salt and use a pastry bag to decorate the edges of the cake.
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Step 12
12. Chill the cake and serve. The cake is ready!