Banoffee Mega Cake
There’s PLENTY of monkeying around with this banana toffee cake! Okay YoYo’s, don’t get me wrong I LOVE making crazy sculpted novelty cakes for you, but there is also something so SUPER fun about stacking up an ooey-gooey mega cake. It’s where I get to play with some of my fave flavors, and present them in a pretty magical way!
Starting with 6lbs of my Ultimate Banana Cake, 2 of my layers get baked up with a crunchy sweet graham cracker crust! Stacked up with lucious Italian Meringue Buttercream, caramelized bananas, dulce de leche, and toffee candies, I’m playing with texture through a banana and plantain chip coating to make this one cake that’s ready to monkey around!
Ingredients
Cake
- 6lbs Yo’s Ultimate Banana Cake
- 2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
- ⅓ Cup White Sugar
- ¾ Cup Melted Butter
Icing
- Yo’s Simple Syrup
- Yo’s Famous Italian Meringue Buttercream
- 6 Bananas
- Brown Sugar
- 2 Cans Cooked Condensed Milk
Decorations
- ½ Cup Soft Toffee Candies
- 3 Cups Banana Chips
- 3 Cups Plantain Chips
Tools
- 3 x 8" Round Cake Pans
- Simple Syrup Squeeze Bottle
- Parchment Paper
- Large Serrated Knife
- Ruler
- Large Straight & Offset Spatulas
- Small Straight & Offset Spatulas
- Bench Scraper
- Brulee Torch
- #829 Piping Tip
Read It!
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Combine your graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter. Divide in 2, and firmly press into the bottom of 2 8” cake pans and chill for 20 minutes
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Pour 1 ½ pounds of banana cake batter into each of your graham cracker crusted pans, and 3lbs into your 3rd 8” round cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
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Use a ruler and serrated knife to level your cakes, and remove the caramelization from the bottom. Use a cake pan to guide you in removing the caramelization from the sides.
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WIth your one non crusted 8” cake, divide in half to create 2 layers.
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Shower your cakes with simple syrup, and allow to absorb for a few minutes before continuing.
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Slice your bananas and lay out in a single layer on a sheet pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar, and use a brulee torch to carefully caramelize.
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Build your cake as follows:
Graham crust cake
Buttercream
Bruleed Bananas
Piped Swirl Dulce De Leche
Cake
Repeat, ending with your second graham cracker crusted cake inverted on top.
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Crumb coat your cake with Italian meringue buttercream and chill for 20 mins before icing with more buttercream and chilling for another 20 mins.
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Press a mixture of plantain and banana chips onto the outside of your cake.
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Pull toffee candies into swirls, and add pipes of more buttercream to finish decorating your cake.
Congratulations you did it!
