Banana pudding poke cake takes creamy banana pudding and puts it on top of a buttery yellow cake with crunchy vanilla wafers for a fun twist on classic banana pudding. This is the perfect dessert to ...

Add nuts: While traditional banana pudding doesn’t include nuts, they add nice flavor and crunch. Try incorporating chopped ...

Banana pudding is a rich, creamy, and decadent dessert that's often made with sweetened condensed milk or vanilla pudding mix. When the recipe features homemade custard, it includes ingredients ...

But recipes for banana pudding were in the North as early as the 1880s and variations abound, from using lady fingers in place of sponge cake (the original base) ...

Beat one 3.4-oz. box instant vanilla pudding and pie filling and 2 cups whole milk in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes.

Aaron Hutcherson is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute. He founded his blog, The Hungry Hutch, in 2009, and has worked as a food writer and recipe developer ever since.

Banana pudding has been around since the late 1800s, when faster steam ships meant bananas could make their way to U.S. ports. It was first made with sponge cake, but by the 1920s, cake was ...