Banana Booze Cake

This was a difficult cake to photograph, but trust me, it's tasty.  Not a recipe of exact proportions and one that is open to additions and interpretation, this variation of it includes pudding, bananas, cookies, and a healthy portion of liquor.  I think that next time I make this I may try a variation with coffee liquor and chocolate pudding.  Be sure to make in advance to allow pudding to saturate the cookies and bananas thoroughly before serving. 

For this you'll need banana liquor, Kahlua and Bailey's Irish Cream, or as close to these as you can get.  Here there are only 2 boxes of pudding shown but to make a cake of the size shown above (approx 18"x9"x4") you will need 4 boxes.  Look for the boxes that call for 2 cups of milk per box as this will give you the correct ratio of liquid to allow the pudding to come together despite the alcohol. 

Put all 4 boxes of pudding powder into a mixing bowl.  Add one cup of milk for each box (4 cups) as well as 2/3rds a cup of each type of liquor. 

Beat pudding with an electric mixer for however long is indicated on the boxes of pudding mix.  Mine called for two minutes at low speed.  Once this is done toss the pudding in the fridge to firm up. 

While you're waiting for the pudding, slice up some bananas very thin, about 1/8 of an inch thick. 

Pull out the pudding and spread a thin layer on the bottom of the the cake pan you are using. In this case I used a tupperware for ease of transport and storage, just pop on the lid and you're ready to go.  You could easily use a loaf pan, brownie pan, or your usual round pie plate. 

Spread a layer of cookies on top of the pudding, then a layer of bananas on top of them. The type of cookies isn't important. I've considered using chocolate chip, vanilla wafers, oatmeal, anything works as long as the pudding will be able to soak into them, so nothing totally coated in chocolate. 

Top the layer of bananas with more pudding, then repeat the pattern of adding cookies then bananas.  Continuing doing this until all pudding is gone, finishing with a layer of cookies.  Put cake in the fridge to allow pudding to saturate cookies and bananas with flavor, about 3-4 hours or overnight. When ready to serve, garnish with whip cream if desired. 


Banana Booze Cake

6 bananas
2 boxes of vanilla pudding
2 boxes of butterscotch pudding
4 cups milk
2/3 cup banana liquor
2/3 cup Kahlua
2/3 cup Bailey's Irish Cream
60 cookies