No Bake Banoffee Pie

Updated On Updated on July 14, 2021

Banoffee pie is an English dessert for any occasion. It is an easy no bake pie, rich and delicious! You can find this luscious cream pie in almost every restaurant or cafe in London, but you can enjoy this homemade British dessert in any part of the world.

No Bake Banoffee Pie, decorated with chocolate and served with a cup of tea.

This simple dessert is made with bananas and toffee, which represents the name. Banoffee pie is topped with homemade whipped cream, decorated with tempered chocolate and hazelnuts. Perfect to pair with a cup of English Breakfast tea!

If you are looking for a no bake banana cake, treat your family with this easy and delicious English dessert pie!

I actually can’t imagine a person who doesn’t want a slice of this no bake banoffee pie. Crunchy biscuit base, thick caramel with hidden banana slices, pillow cream and crunchy chocolate and hazelnuts on top. Winning combination!

Banoffee Pie is a traditional British dessert. It is an easy recipe, follow step-by step instructions to make the best homemade cake!

Are you ready? Salivating maybe? Well good news are that it is so easy to make and maybe almost all ingredients are already in your pantry.

This is a simplest way to make delicious banoffee pie! The decoration is up to you, but to me, dark chocolate looks good in contrast to the white pillow of cream and perfect to accompany all the ingredients.

How can you go wrong with biscuits with bananas and whipped cream?

Banoffee pie, decorated with chocolate and hazelnuts, view from top

How to make banoffee pie

You will need just few ingredients like biscuits, butter, condensed milk, bananas and heavy cream.
Make banoffee pie - no bake biscuit crust base

Make the biscuit crust

Classic banoffee pie is made with home-baked pastry, but this no-bake version is easier and also delicious!

To make a crust, crush biscuits. Put them in a bag and crush with rolling pin or pulse few times with a food processor. Mix with melted butter, until the texture reminds wet sand.

Add more melted butter, if needed. Then press wet crumbs into the bottom and sides of the cake pan.

To make a cookie crust, use Graham crackers or any other biscuits that are not sweet.

Need a gluten-free pie? Choose gluten-free biscuits for the base.
Dulce de Leche and bananas - layer banoffee pie

Fill with Dulce de Leche or toffee

If you can’t find Dulce de Leche in store (it should be in a baking aisle or near the milk), you can boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for a hour in pot with water. It will caramelize and get its thick toffee-like texture.

The thickness and taste actually varies from brand to brand. By the way, if you can’t find Dulce de Leche in regular grocery store, you can order it online or visit specialty store.

If you open a can of boiled condensed milk and it looks too runny, you can place it in a pot and cook on a low, frequently stirring until it thickens. If you like the creamy texture more than thick and chewy, you can leave it like that! However, your banoffee pie may slide a little, when it is cut.

Classic recipe varies from solid center of banoffee pie to less firm and more creamy. It’s up to your taste!Whip cream to top banoffee pie

Filling banoffee pie

After that you need to cut bananas and place the rounds around in the toffee. Top it with big clouds or soft peaks of whipped cream! I love to put a lot of cream so it looks like a rock or cloud!

Whip heavy cream for about 2-3 minutes on a high speed.

Check it constantly, so you don’t over-whip it. It should be light and hold its shape. Add just a little bit of icing sugar, because the pie is so sweet on its own.

I like to add cream stabilizer, so it holds it shape perfectly, even the next day!Making tempered chocolate decoration for banoffee pie

Decorating banoffee pie

I have a step-by-step video on tempering chocolate in this Black Pearl recipe. You can do it yourself, using thermometer and good quality chocolate. After chocolate is cooled cut the shards and insert it in the whipped cream. Shred a little bit of chocolate on top, too. I love to finish it with crushed hazelnuts.

You can also just shred hazelnuts and and chocolate on top and that’s it!

As you can see, banoffee pie recipe is very easy to make.

A piece of banoffee pie placed on the plate

How to make no bake banoffee pie ahead of time

I would recommend making the crust and fill it with caramel. You can store the base like this up to a week in the fridge.

Also you can make chocolate shards and crush hazelnuts ahead of time. Store the decoration at room temperature.

No Bake Banoffee Pie served with a cup of tea
Cut and arrange bananas on the day you plan to serve the cake. After that whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks and top the cake. This way bananas won’t be brown and cream will be fresh and tasty!

Also you can whip the cream 1 day beforehand and store it covered in the airtight container. To make it fluffier you can slightly whip it just before serving.

Pouring tea to serve with banoffee pie

If you’re looking for other caramel desserts, you should check our Caramel Apple Trifle and delicious no-bake Irish cheesecake.

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No Bake Banoffee Pie recipe

No Bake Banoffee Pie

Recipe AuthorCooking Journey
5 from 4 votes
Banoffee pie is a sweet English dessert for any occasion. It is an easy no bake pie, rich and delicious!
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
 
Course Cake, Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 6
Calories 659 kcal
Equipment
  • 8 inch / 20 cm spring form pan
  • food processor or a bag with a roller pin
  • pot with and a heat-proof bowl placed on top
  • large tray with parchment paper
  • hand or stand blender with whisk attachment
  • a cutting board and a knife
  • spatulas and spoons


Ingredients
 
 
  • 230 g plain biscuits
  • 150 g butter melted
  • 397 g dulce de leche
  • 2 big bananas
  • 300 ml heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla flavored instant coffee
  • 15 g cream stabilizer
  • 90 g dark chocolate for decoration
  • 1 tbsp crushed hazelnuts

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Instructions
 
  • For the pie base, crush biscuits with in a food processor and combine with melted butter until it resembles wet sand.
    230 g plain biscuits, 150 g butter
    No Bake Banoffee Pie step
  • Transfer to the spring form pan, layered with parchment paper in the bottom. Gently press crumbs to the bottom and the sides of the pan. Transfer in the fridge for an hour or more until it is set.
    Transfertothespringformpan(inch/cm),layeredwithparchmentpaperinthebottom.Gentlypresscrumbstothebottomandthesidesofthepan.Transferinthefridgeforanhourormoreuntilitisset.
  • Melt the chocolate on a double boiler - a pot with simmering water and a heat-proof bowl placed on top. Make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water.
    Meltthechocolateonadoubleboiler apotwithsimmeringwaterandaheat proofbowlplacedontop.Makesurethebowldoesn’ttouchthewater.
  • After your water is boiling, reduce the heat to low and add 3/4 of crushed dark chocolate to the heated bowl. When it is almost melted, remove the bowl from heat and add remaining chocolate. Stir until melted and cooled.
    90 g dark chocolate for decoration
    Afteryourwaterisboiling,reducetheheattolowandadd/ofcrusheddarkchocolatetotheheatedbowl.Whenitisalmostmelted,removethebowlfromheatandaddremainingchocolate.Stiruntilmeltedandcooled.
  • Transfer to the tray, layered with parchment paper and let it cool completely. Cut different shapes and leave aside.
    Transfer to the tray, layered with parchment paper and let it cool completely. Cut different shapes and leave aside.
  • Remove the crust from the fridge and add an even dulce de leche to the bottom of the pie.*
    397 g dulce de leche
    Remove the crust from the fridge and add an even dulce de leche to the bottom of the pie.*
  • Peel bananas and cut them in thick rounds. Place them around in the dulce de leche.
    2 big bananas
    Peel bananas and cut them in thick rounds. Place them around in the dulce de leche.
  • Whip cream with stabilizer and coffee until stiff peaks (about 2-3 minutes). Check every half of the minute, it should be fluffy like a cloud.
    300 ml heavy cream, 15 g cream stabilizer, 1/2 tsp vanilla flavored instant coffee
    Whipcreamwithstabilizerandcoffeeuntilstiffpeaks(about minutes).Checkeveryhalfoftheminute,itshouldbefluffylikeacloud.
  • Place the whipped cream around the pie. Insert chocolate shards, add shredded chocolate and add sprinkle hazelnuts on top.
    1 tbsp crushed hazelnuts
    Place the whipped cream around the pie. Insert chocolate shards, add shredded chocolate and add sprinkle hazelnuts on top.
  • It is ready for serving!
    It is ready for serving!
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Notes
*If you can’t find Dulce de Leche in store, you can boil a can of condensed milk for a hour in pot with water. It will caramelize and get its thick toffee-like texture.
*Place in the fridge until ready to serve (better on the same day). Store leftovers up to 3 days.
Nutrition Facts
No Bake Banoffee Pie
Amount per Serving
Calories
659
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
50
g
77
%
Saturated Fat
 
29
g
181
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
15
g
Cholesterol
 
123
mg
41
%
Sodium
 
399
mg
17
%
Potassium
 
358
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
49
g
16
%
Fiber
 
4
g
17
%
Sugar
 
22
g
24
%
Protein
 
6
g
12
%
Vitamin A
 
1392
IU
28
%
Vitamin C
 
4
mg
5
%
Calcium
 
63
mg
6
%
Iron
 
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Keyword banana cake, easy cake, easy pie, no bake pie, simple, sweet pie

Comments COMMENTS

  1. What a delicious cake! This will actually be perfect for my sister’s birthday which is on next weekend. I want to gave a surprise birthday gift and i think this is the best.

  2. 5 stars
    This looks simply amazing! I was able to finally visit England last year, and I have to say that everything I ate was amazing – especially the desserts!

  3. I am totally drooling over the creamy dulce de leche in this pie. These are all of my favorite flavors and textures in one dessert. Thank you for your super detailed instructions. I was intimidated a bit by the steps until I saw how easily you’d broken them down.

    1. Absolutely, bananas and cream is such a classics, combined with crunchy base – perfect to pair with morning cuppa!

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