Banoffee marshmallow cake

Banoffee marshmallow cake

This fun cake won the 11-17 age group in our 20th birthday cake competition

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Unfilled sponge can be frozen

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Grease and line the bottom of a round 21cm loose-bottomed cake tin. With a wooden spoon or electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until smooth and a pale, creamy colour. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and cinnamon. One at a time, beat each egg into the butter mixture along with a tbsp of the dry mixture, then beat in the milk and fold in the rest of the dry ingredients until well combined.
  2. In the bowl that contained the flour, mash the bananas until smooth and lump-free - whizz with the electric mixer if needed - then fold into the rest of the mixture until well combined. Spoon into the tin and smooth over the surface. Bake for 45-50 mins, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5 mins, then remove from tin and continue cooling on a wire rack.
  3. Use a serrated knife to cut the cake horizontally into 3 equal layers. Whip the cream until it forms stiff peaks, then chop the banana into small pieces and fold into the cream, along with the marshmallows. On the first layer, spread a generous covering of the dulche de leche, followed by half of the cream mixture. Sandwich the second layer on top and repeat. Thickly spread dulche de leche over the top of the cake, then arrange extra marshmallows around the edge.

659 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 82g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 1g, sugar 53g, salt 0.97 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009.

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  • Binder photo tommYHYH

    08 October 2009

    tommYHYH commented on this recipe

    This looks absolutely delicious!! Will definately make this when I can decide to end my healthy eating phase. Does anybody know where to get Dulce de leche from? Because I can't seem to find it anywhere.

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  • Binder photo Sandra

    08 October 2009

    Sandra commented on this recipe

    Tomm - Apparently you can make your own Dulche de leche by covering a tin of condensed milk with boiling water and boiling it for one and a half hours - keeping the water topped up!!! Hope this helps.

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  • Binder photo Liz

    09 October 2009

    Liz commented on this recipe

    Tomm Try looking in M&S as they sell a sauce that is very similar to Dulche de leche.

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  • Binder photo nigelslaterfan

    10 October 2009

    nigelslaterfan commented on this recipe

    Tomm Waitrose certainly do Dulce de Leche, but as Sandra says, you can also make your own!

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  • Binder photo Hisprincess

    17 October 2009

    Hisprincess commented on this recipe

    I'm going to try this one today! :)

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  • Binder photo .:~carol~:.

    18 October 2009

    .:~carol~:. rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this using the tin of carnation caramel and it was absolutely delicious, will definately be making this again..

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  • Binder photo Laney

    19 October 2009

    Laney commented on this recipe

    I can get neither dulce de leche or condensed milk. Is there any other way of making this from scratch or any suitable alternative

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  • Binder photo Joyce

    21 October 2009

    Joyce commented on this recipe

    Hi Laney... yes you can make dulce de leche from scratch... You take about 1l of milk with half a kilo of sugar and make it boil until it dry onto dulce de leche... It take's time, but you can do it... A tip for you.... When sugar were completely melted, put a small plate into the pan... i know that it sounds strange but it'll keep milk from felt out of the pan. Take the plate off when you realize that the milk is getting thick. I hope you understand ether the recipe and my english!! Any doubt please let me know!

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  • Binder photo Melanie Day

    21 October 2009

    Melanie Day commented on this recipe

    This cake was easy to make, although mine was like a muffin texture and rose a lot in the middle. I couldnt cut it into 3 layers as it didnt rise enough so just did 2. The dulce de leche was hard to find, I used the Carnation Condensed Milk Caramel and some toffee sauce. The cake was tasty in small portions.

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  • Binder photo neleh87

    27 October 2009

    neleh87 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Simple to make, and I also used the Carnation Caramel. I found the cream section made it slightly sickly, so definitely small portions! The sponge is really great- I have been looking for a great banana sponge recipe so I'm delighted to have found this!

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  • Binder photo brucethedog

    28 October 2009

    brucethedog commented on this recipe

    I loved the look of the recipe and did it to impress the in laws on the weekend. I used toffee fudge sauce from Sainsburys which worked just as well. Only one problem which I think is me, I can never get any cake to rise. The banana cake was nice but quite stodgy. My cooking is fine but when it comes to baking I am doing something very wrong - any ideas???

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  • Binder photo Ellie

    30 October 2009

    Ellie commented on this recipe

    THIS IS DELICIOUS FOR THE VERY SWEET TOOTHED,A LITTLE TOO SWEET FOR ME- VERY INDULGENT AND GREEDY IN A SMALL SLICE!

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  • Binder photo Xanthe

    08 November 2009

    Xanthe commented on this recipe

    You can find Dulche de Leche in Sainsburys but I made this cake today and it was my first total baking disaster. The whole thing fell apart. My husband described it more as a trifle than a cake. Tasty but very messy

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  • Binder photo Xanthe

    08 November 2009

    Xanthe rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    You can find Dulche de Leche in Sainsburys but I made this cake today and it was my first total baking disaster. The whole thing fell apart. My husband described it more as a trifle than a cake. Tasty but very messy

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  • Binder photo squaccy

    08 November 2009

    squaccy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Wretched thing didn't rise so was unable fill it. However, I put Caramel (the Banoffe caramel made by...begins with a C...Carnation??) on the top, then topped it with the cream, marshmallows and bananas. was disapointed it didn't rise much but tasty (and SO rich) nevertheless!

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  • Binder photo April

    23 November 2009

    April commented on this recipe

    I made this cake for a party. I followed the recipe to the letter. However, the cake didn't rise as much as I would have hoped. It did rise enough to fill it with one layer of caramel (the Carnation caramel bought from Asda), cream, banana and marshmallows and tasted delicious. I have already had requests for two more!

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  • Binder photo StormyRaincloud

    17 June 2010

    StormyRaincloud rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It wasn't as pretty as the picture above, but nobody cared, it was delicious. The cake itself is lovely even without sticky toffee gooey stuff, but we liked it with, although my daughter very helpfully pointed out how many calories and how much fat and sugar there was, but at the time I didn't care :)

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  • Binder photo Izzy

    05 July 2010

    Izzy commented on this recipe

    i really wan't to try it but revews so far don'tsound to good don't no if i should try it? if you have tryed it do you think i should try it yes or no and why.

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  • Binder photo Debbie

    07 July 2010

    Debbie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is lovely and easy to make, i didnt make 3 layers i done 2 layers and made a little one on the side ( a taster). SO didnt use all the cream. I feel majorly fat after one slice lol but worth it. Im keeping the big one for tomorrow, little sisters 10 bday.

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  • Binder photo Oryx

    14 July 2010

    Oryx rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Tasted okay. Though the sponge wasn't as moist or as tasty as I'd hoped.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Unfilled sponge can be frozen

Ingredients

  • 165g butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 165g soft light brown or light brown muscovado sugar
  • 325g self-raising flour
  • 1 rounded tsp baking powder
  • 1 rounded tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 large eggs
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 2 large ripe bananas

FOR THE FILLING

  • 300ml pot double cream
  • 1 banana
  • 50g marshmallows , chopped, plus extra whole ones to decorate
  • 450g jar dulce de leche
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659 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 82g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 1g, sugar 53g, salt 0.97 g

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