New Make/Bake 26 - Banoffee Mess

Last week was M's mums birthday, so to celebrate M's brother cooked us dinner (Fajitas - yummy) and I was  asked if I'd make dessert. It was a week night and I was in the office all day so I needed something I could put together quite quickly and could be easily transported. M's mum's favourite thing I make is Banoffee Pie but I knew I wouldn't have enough time so I decided to make a Banoffee Mess - like Eaton Mess (Cream, Meringue and strawberries) but with Banana and Biscuits.

A typical Banoffee Pie has a crumbly biscuit base - lots of debate about which biscuits are best, my mum always uses digestives but personally I prefer Hob Nobs! You then bake the biscuit base mixed with some melted butter until its lightly golden (about 10-15mins). Once cooled you then top it with caramel sauce - you can either boil a tin of condensed milk covered with water (it must stay covered with important otherwise it will explode!) or you can cheat and use the ready-made caramel sauce! The final stages are topping with sliced banana and some whipped double cream and a sprinkling of chocolate - delicious!

For my Banoffee mess I started by whipping up some double cream (a large tub) and two tablespoons of icing sugar. I think added a drizzle of ready-made caramel sauce and folded in some crumbled up meringue pieces (I used 6 meringue nests) and 3 sliced bananas. 

I crushed up half a packet of Hob Nob biscuits and layered the Banoffee mixture with crushed biscuits and more caramel sauce in a pretty glass (I would have gone for wine glasses or similar but I didn't have enough clean ones!).

The feedback was that it was delicious, lighter than a Banoffee pie but equally as tasty. Easy, quick and yummy - what else could anyone ask for a dessert?!