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Banana Pudding Layer Cake

This Banana Pudding Layer Cake is everything you want in a cake. Super moist and scrumptious! You will LOVE this cake.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Author Rob

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

  • 2 boxes of French Vanilla cake mix

  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup oil
  • 3 9 inch round cake pans 

  • 1 10 inch round cake board

  • 1 cake leveler 

  • 2 cups toasted coconut ( reserve a bit for topping)
  • 1 bottle of caramel sauce

  • 1 squeeze bottle
  • Nilla wafer cookies

Banana Pudding Ingredients

  • 1 3.4-oz

     box of Instant Banana Pudding

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk

  • 1 8 oz.  package cream cheese, softened 

  • 1 8 oz container Cool Whip

  • 1 disposable piping bag

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

  • 3 cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened 

  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 5-7 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 1 large piping bag with a large star tip

  • sprinkle toasted coconut on top

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
  • Follow the directions on the back of the cake box to make the batter
  • Divide the batter between the three pans and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  • Once baked, allow to cool completely
  • Using a cake leveler, slice off the rounded tops to make the cakes leveled

Banana Pudding Directions:

  • Using a large mixing bowl, beat together the banana pudding and milk for about 5 minutes.
  • Mix in the Sweetened condensed milk until smooth then mix in cream cheese until smooth.
  • Fold in the cool whip until smooth4. Scoop the pudding into the piping bag

Frosting Directions:

  • Using a standing mixer, beat all the frosting ingredients until creamy and stiff peaks
  • Scoop into the piping bag

Building the cake:

  • Place one cake round onto the cake board
  • Using the cake frosting, pipe a thick outline around the edge of the cake. This will be the barrier to keep the pudding in the middle
  • Pipe pudding into the middle of the cake layer
  • Place the second cake layer on top of the first one5. Repeat steps with the frosting and pudding with the second cake layer
  • Place the third cake layer on top
  • Using the remaining frosting, frost entire cake
  • Sprinkle the toasted coconut onto the bottom of the cake
  • Pour the caramel sauce into the squeeze bottle and squeeze it along the top edge of the cake that way the sauce drips down along the sides
  • Using the remaining frosting in the piping bag, pipe dollops of frosting along the top
  • Sprinkle with toasted coconut and place a Nilla wafer cookie against the frosting dollops. Sprinkle toasted coconut on top.
  • Place in the fridge for 1 hour to allow the frosting to harden before cutting into slices and enjoying.