Comments on: Banana Pudding

By: Stephani from The ZoeBakes Team

Stephani from The ZoeBakes Team — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:02:01 +0000

In reply to amy T. Hi Amy, how exciting! The pastry cream should make a little less than 3 cups. Enjoy!

By: amy T

amy T — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:05:52 +0000

Hi! I am using this recipe to make banana pudding for my cousin’s baby shower this weekend. My trifle bowl is much bigger than the one in the video. How much pastry cream does the recipe yield?

By: Tammery

Tammery — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:03:30 +0000

I used mini Nilla wafer in individual cups. Bravetart arrived too late to make homemade. I made a half batch of pastry cream using 1 egg and 1 yolk. Got distracted and the milk reached more than a gentle boil. It tasted good, but was a little loose. Made another half batch using 2 egg yolks and paid attention to only reach a gentle boil. 🙂 For whateve rreason, this batch was perfect! Excellent recipe!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 03:55:24 +0000

I made this in individual cups and it was delicious!! I shared them with neighbors and they all loved it. One said I should call it a trifle rather than a pudding though because of the layers and I tend to agree. Regardless of what to call it, this is a perfect dessert for a brunch or a dessert station for guests to help themselves to one. Thank you!!

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:39:19 +0000

I was so excited to make this from scratch and it was so easy! It came together beautifully and was delicious!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:39:10 +0000

Even though I had vanilla icebox cake with Nilla wafers once or twice as a kid, I’d never tried them in banana pudding before now. (I’d always had banana pudding in pie instead, even though my grandfather was Southern.) I decided to try the Bravetart wafer recipe instead of store-bought wafers because of sensitivities to artificial flavoring, and it is indeed excellent! I used parfait glasses and the whipped cream topping, and opted for dark chocolate shavings on top but no nuts. The pudding texture was lush and ethereal at the same time, with just the right amount of sweetness. My mom proclaimed it “perfect!” The banana pudding recipe will come in handy for many occasions–it’s a keeper!

By: Faith V.

Faith V. — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:04:16 +0000

Hi Zoe!
I am excited to make this banana pudding. Since my kids are grown and I have an empty nest, I have been satisfying my baking obsession by baking for the residents that live in my condo building. They are very happy to oblige, although my husband sometimes gets put off because nothing is left for him. Anyway, I want to make the banana pudding for them and was wondering the how many servings I would get from this recipe if I used 5oz individual containers. Any insight would be great!!

By: sillygirl

sillygirl — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:57:31 +0000

In reply to Stephani from The ZoeBakes Team. I wondered if they were a variation - thanks for that! And has there ever been a cookbook published without some sort of error? I think not! Now that we can contact the author it makes it so much easier to check things out. Enjoy your recipes and books!

By: Stephani from The ZoeBakes Team

Stephani from The ZoeBakes Team — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 20:07:37 +0000

In reply to sillygirl.

Hello! The bars pictured on page 200 are the passion fruit variation of lemon bars on page 222. If you make them, please check out the errata page to see a discrepancy about the crust: https://zoebakescom.bigscoots-staging.com/zoe-bakes-cookies-errata/

Happy baking!

By: sillygirl

sillygirl — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:16:36 +0000

In reading through your cookies book on page 200 there is a photo of a recipe that I don’t see in your book – looks like something I want to bake. What is it and what is the recipe? Please!