Many of us have tasted the traditional banana pudding and banana pie treats, but have you ever tried a banana cake? Michelle takes the potassium-rich fruit and combines it with simple ingredients to ...

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into 3cm cubes. Place into a pot of boiling water and boil for 20 minutes until the potato flesh is soft and able to be broken easily. Over a sink drain the potatoes in ...

Rachael Hutchings is La Fuji Mama and writes the blog of the same name. I love a good banana cream pie, but I’ve found that it tends to be one of those foods that people have strong opinions about.

Word associations can stir story ideas for many writers. They do for me. When Carlene said she was going to create a new recipe for a banana custard pie, I began thinking about a creative way to write ...

Candied almonds add the perfect crunch to this vegan dessert by celebrated Oakland cookbook author and podcaster Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. The recipe, from the updated version of her cookbook, “The 30 ...

Celebrate Easter with this healthy banana yogurt custard. It is a low-calorie sweet dish prepared with very minimal sugar and bananas make the dessert high in vitamins as well. You may also want to ...

A creamy layered dessert beloved of the southern US – but whose is the definitive version? Banana pudding wasn’t on my radar until a chance conversation with American food writer Charlotte Druckman, ...

1. Put the milk, 1 cup of heavy cream, and the vanilla bean into a nonreactive saucepan. (Do not split the vanilla bean, just twist and bend it a bit to bruise and release its oils.) Heat slowly until ...

Split the vanilla pod in half lengthways and scrape out the seeds with a point of a knife. Put the cream, vanilla pod and seeds into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and ...

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